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1.  Maytie  M.  Kesinger. 

2.  Edna  E.  Conn. 

3.  J.  A.  Siarkvveather. 

4.  Bertha  F.  Osiborn. 

5.  Nelle  Barker. 

6.  Ziila  V.   Parker. 

7.  W.  H.  F.  Jones. 

8.  Dow  S.  Biirdick. 

9.  Sidney  O.  Jones. 

10.  Chas.  P.  Clark. 

11.  Edward  L.  James. 

12.  Bertha  Thacker. 
1.5.  Olive  B.  Christy. 

14.  Leila  M.  Clark. 

15.  William  W.  Greene. 


THE    ALPHA    ZBTA   OF    TO-DAY. 

31.  Logan  D.  Trent. 

32.  Chas.  E.  Henry. 

33.  Maida  M.  McConnick. 
3).  Fritz  Resevsky. 

35.  John  J.  Eldred. 

36.  Florence  Ada  Wells. 

37.  Arthur  L.  Wood. 

38.  Sallie  C.  Hardwick. 

39.  T.  Harley  Marsh. 

40.  Georf!e  E.  Heal. 

41.  Flora  E.  Tilton. 

42.  Frank  F.  Loveless. 

43.  Minnie  A.  Wells. 

44.  Leonard  C.  Trent. 


16.  W.  Edw.  Raftety. 

17.  Breese  Glass. 

18.  Alyce  M.  Swisher. 

19.  William  S.  Eldred. 

20.  D  ira  Stroud. 

21.  Roscoe  B.  Favoriglit. 

22.  Ettie  W.  .vlarsh. 

23.  Oliver  W.  Sanders. 

24.  Clive  Yeager, 

25.  Ola  K.  Livermore. 

26.  James  E.  Lemar. 

27.  Harry  J.  Tietsort. 

28.  Frances  E.  Coulter. 

29.  Barnett  D.  S.  Wyllie. 

30.  Genevieve  Webster. 


45.  Samuel  G.  Cook. 

46.  John  O.  Guthrie. 

47.  George  Herrin. 

48.  Percy  O.  Enslow. 

49.  Hugh  y.  Morton. 

50.  Emma  O.  Ford. 

51.  John  B.  Webb. 

52.  Laura  B.  Guthrie. 

53.  Bertha  Stroud. 

54.  Howard  F.  Jones. 

55.  A.  A.  Benfield. 

56.  George  C.  Cutler. 

57.  Chas.  K.  Swain. 

58.  Eva  J.  Ruyle. 


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TOGETHER   WITH 

domplcte  Kosters  of  Cctire  an^  f^onorary  211  embers, 


BY 


WIM.    W.   jG^REENE, 

Secretary  of  the    History  Committee  of  Alpha  Zeta  Society. 


O  f'urposi-   high    in    the    lu-art   of  youth, 

O   mission  great    to    In-   seekers  of    Truth  ! 

They   have  lived  and  wrought  from   the  dawn   of   Time.— 

They    have   wa/cened    the   earth    to   life   sul'lime. 

O  youth,    lohtitever   thy    name    may   he. 
Thou    art    one   of  these    in    the    Old   A.    '/.. 

— [C.  A.   HoBBS,   Class  of  'bq. 


ILT.ITSTKATEI)      \VITI1       roUTVOM':      I'l.AT 

i;.\<iHAViN<;s. 


,ATi:S      OK      KLKtJANT      11 A  I.K- T<  )NK 


MKI.I.IXC      Jc      JJASKI.VS.      ALTON.      II. I. 
1  89B. 


Persian  blue  and  bright  gold. 


0/7'    DOKHIN,    ALU    EINAI. 


Rank  Dank,    Hobbk  Gobble, 

Sis,  Boom,  Ah  ! 
Al pha        Ze ta, 

Rail,     Rah,     Rah!! 


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Cli^Mcaiion* 


QIo  thcc,  U")  ulnitb  Mimiic,  lubosc  aloiiouf.  face 

IVc  cvcv  strain  our  eyes  to  sec — ipbo  cbaiiacft  not, 

CEhis  roliinic  iioiu  iih*  bcMcatc, 

iritb  pvaiu'i',   in  ti\irf,   npon  tbtr-  bl^lIoIlH"^  e^pot. 

pi\iii'e  iiini  n^bo  ll■a^ctb  u=-  aborc  tbc  ulovl^"f  i^Cl.^I: 
dbc  spirit  of  trntb^scckintj  on  onr  souls  ^csccn^s — 

drutb  for  trntb's  sal;c,  not  nuncly  mastery 
COf  facts  an^  men  for  sor^I^,  selfisb  en^s. 

clb,  drntb's  too  briabt-our  bcarts  too  barl;; 

lUe  nnist  ourselm's  control,  let  C5o^   ^ispose: 
dben,  if  wc  seek  in  acn'rons,  bumble  mini), 

fmect  drntb  rcspon^s,  bcr  niatcbles'/  rabiance  sboms 

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list    ot   pi^Us:. 


The  Alpha  Zeta  of  To-Day, 

Interior  of  College  Chapel, 

Rev.   John  M.   Peck,   D.  D., 

Benjamin  Shurtleff,   M.   D., 

Shurtleff  College  Buildings, 

Rev.   Erastus  Adkins,   D.  D., 

Presidents'  Group  No.    i. 

Presidents'  Group  No.   2, 

Presidents'  Group  No.   3, 

Presidents'  Group  No.   4, 

Presidents'  Group  No.   5, 

Presidents'  CJroup  No.   6, 

Presidents'  Group  No.   7, 

Alpha  Zeta  in   1870, 

Shurtleff's  First  Girls, 

Presidents'  Group  No.   8, 

Presidents'  Group  No.  9, 

Presidents'  Group  No.  10, 

Presidents' Group  No.  11, 

Presidents'  Group  No.  12, 

Dr.   and  Mrs.   Justus  Bulkley, 

Alpha  Zeta  Hall, 

Miss  Maida  M.   McCormick, 

Old-Time  Professors, 

Old-Time  Honorary  Members, 

The  Present  Faculty, 

Recent  Honorary  Members, 

A  Group  of  Notable  Alpha  Zetan 

Plate  "A," 

Plate  "B," 

Plate  "C," 

Plate  '  D,"      . 

Plate  "E," 

The  Parker  Family, 

Plate  "F," 

The  Tomlinson  Family, 

Plate  "G," 

Plate  "H," 

Plate  "I." 

A  Group  of  Our  Soldiers 

Grave  of  John  M    Hobbs, 


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Preface,  ..... 

Introductio.v,  .... 

History — Ch.\p.  I.    Beginnings, 

Ch.\p.       II.    Early  History, 

Ch.\p.      III.   Other  Literary  Societies, 

Ch.\p.       IV.    Ante-Bellum   Progress, 

Chap.         V.    An   Era  of  Intense   Activity 

Chap.       VI.    Advent  of  the   Fair   Sex, 

Chap.    VII.    Broader  Culture  and   Social   Growth 

Chap.  VIII.    Alpha  Zeta  Up  to  Date, 

A  Birthday   Poe.m,       ...... 

List  of  Presidents,  ..... 

Honorary  Members,  ..... 

General  Roster,   (with  biographical  sketches) 

Our  Soldier  Boys,      ...... 

Our  Foreign  Missionaries,  .... 

Appendix,  ....... 


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PRESIDENT, 
VICE-PRESIDENT,      . 
RECORDING  SECRETARY,    . 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY, 

CRITIC 

TREASURER,      .... 
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 

LIBRARIAN 

HISTORIAN. 
POET-LAUREATE, 
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, 
CHAPLAIN,        .... 


MAIDA  M.  McCORMlCK 

ABSALOM  A.  BENFIELD 

FLORENCE   ADA  WELLS 

WILLIAM   W.   GREENE 

JOHN   O.   GUTHRIE 

ROSCOE  B.  FAVORIGHT 

T.  HARLEY  MARSH 

JAMES   A.  STARKWEATHER 

W.  EDWARD   RAFFETY 

SALLIE  C.  HARDWICK 

.       CLIVE   YEAGER 

FRITZ  L.  RESEVSKY 


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T  IFE  is  a  very  breatli  in  its  brevity,  and  lie  does  well  who  strives  in  full 
realization  of  the  fact;  but  he  surely  errs  who  deems  the  span  too 
brief  for  an  occasional  glance  of  retrospect.  There  is  profit  in  the  contem- 
plation of  that  which  has  gone  before — in  a  moment's  withdrawal  from  the 
busy  struggling  turmoil,  to  indulge  a  thought  of  the  past,  so  rich  in  lessons 
for  present  and  future  guidance.  Thus  is  character  broadened  and  strength- 
ened, and  useful  knowledge  gained.  History  has  ever  been  a  most  fruitful 
field  of  investigation.  Even  amid  the  tense  and  varied  activities  of  college 
life  the  study  of  history  has  its  place.  Noting  the  efforts  and  the  successes 
of  the  manly  men  who  have  preceded  us,  we  are  roused  to  greater  realiza- 
tion of  the  value  of  life  and  inspiration  to  act  well  our  part.  We  are  lifted 
to  a  higher  plane-  We  are  brought  into  touch  with  a  host  of  lives  and  reap 
the  benefit  of  their  experiences,  learning  the  heights  tf)  strive  for  and  the 
pitfalls  to  avoid. 

It  is  one  of  the  immutable  laws  of  God  that  work  must  precede  worth. 
Toil  develops  men  as  nothing  else  can.  The  pioneer  institution  of  higher 
learning  in  the  West  has  naturally  been  to  a  very  large  extent  the  eilucator 
of  the  poor  and  the  struggling — young  men  determint'd  to  hew  out  for  them- 
selves at  whatever  cost  an  education  and  a  career.  It  is  likewise  true  that 
the  record  of  the  pioneer  literary  society  oi  the  West  is  a  record  of  the  sort 
of  struggle  which  fits  young  men  to  take  their  part  in  life.  Many  is  the 
youth  who  has  come  from  the  plow  and  hoe  to  Shurtleff  College,  and  there 
plowed  and  hoed  again  in  the  hard  clay  of  adverse  circumstance  'til  he  at 
last  attained  the  magnificent  fruition  springing  from  a  mind-soil    well   tilled 


and  enriched.  And  many  a  college  graduate  who  has  become  successful 
in  professional  or  business  life,  has  said  that  his  literary  society  work,  with 
its  educative  power  and  its  quickening  of  the  ability  to  express  oneself,  was 
fully  as  valuable  to  him  as  the  training  received  in  the  class-room.  The 
literary  society  occupies  a  most  responsible  sphere  of  usefulness,  for  upon 
the  development  of  correct  and  noble  literary  taste  and  culture  more  than 
anything  else  depends  the  uplifting  and  refinement  of  a  man  or  a  nation. 
There  is  more  than  one  youth  whose  first  appearance  upon  Alpha  Zeta's 
rostrum  was  a  miserable  failure,  yet  withal  a  magnificent  success,  as  it 
inspired  within  him  the  determination  that  he  would  never  yield  to  despair 
as  long  as  he  could  work,  and  who  by  steady  grinding  toil  has  gained  a 
reach  of  thought  and  a  power  of  persuasion  which  in  legislative  hall,  in 
metropolitan  pulpit,  or  on  the  far  off  mission  field,  have  helped  to  mould  for 
truth  and  righteousness  the  life  of  a  world.  While  our  fifty  years  show 
little  of  worldly  glitter  or  gaudy  display,  they  do  show  men,  such  as  rule 
the  world  and  rule  it  well.  Alpha  Zeta's  life  is  a  half  century  of  growth 
and  development.  We  are  stronger  to-day  than  ever  before,  and  as  we 
consider  the  past  with  its  struggles  and  victories  we  are  inspired  to  nobler, 
holier  living  and  stronger  and  more  earnest  effort  to  raise  still  higher  the 
standard  of  Shurtleff's  literary  attainment,  and  of  literary  attainment 
throughout  the  West  as  far  as  her  ever-widening  influence  shall  extend. 
A  good  history  is  tlie  best  prophecy. 

This  book  is  designed  to  furnish  in  convenient  form  the  record  of  the 
Alpha  Zeta  Society's  life  and  the  livesof  her  members  since  leaving  the  dear 
old  Hall.  Here  we  were  brothers  and  sisters,  but  our  ways  have  separated. 
Since  we  parted,  life  has  changed  from  rosy  morn  to  sunny  noon  or  peace- 
ful twiligiit.  Yet  shall  we  not  in  an  occasional  hour  of  rest  and  meditation 
find  both  pleasure  and  profit  in  gazing  into  so  many  dear  and  familiar  faces 
of  the  past,  treading  the  memory- land  of  merry  college  days,  speaking  again 
from  the  old  rostrum,  and  recalling  in  sweet  reverie  the  happiest  years  and 
experiences  of  our  lives?  Is  it  not  a  satisfaction  to  learn  definitely  the 
present  locations  of  our  old  college  and  society  chums  who  are  still  "in  the 
land  of  the  living" — what  they  have  become  and  done  in  the  world  and 

"How  kindly  Fate  has  dealt  with  them 
Since  cruel  Time  has  intervened  ?  " 

We  believe  that  this  volume  possesses  some  value  as  a  reference  book, 
and  will  help  us  to  realize  better  the  meaning  of  the  apothegm,   "/  am  an 


Alpha  Zetan,''  but  it  will  fully  have  accomplished  its  mission  if  it  help  to 
foster  and  perpetuate  in  the  he.arts  of  the  past,  present  and  future  Alpha 
Zetans  a  deeper  spirit  of  frateriiit.\^  and  a  crrt'ater  Ionc  for  truth,  which  is 
only  of  God;  binding  toy[ether  in  closer  heart-ties  the  members  of  this 
Society,  whose  object  is  truth  and  its  expression,  and  whose  past  is  rich  in 
the  development  of  those  thiivjs  which  form  true  life  and  cliaiacter;  causing 
us  to  vitally  realize  that  the  broadest  and  best  life  is  that  of  sympathizing 
love. 

Quite  a  nuniber  of  attempts  ha\e  been  made'  in  the  past  to  preserve- 
the  history  of  our  Society  in  proper  form,  but  our  Annual  of  1<S7(J  represents 
all  that  was  ever  accomplished  in  this  direction.  The  preparation  of  our 
Semi-Centennial  History  was  begun  at  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Henry  E. 
Mills,  now  of  San  Diego,  Cal.,  and  the  enthusiastic  encouragement  of  our 
old  members,  as  expressed  in  conversations  and  in  the  hundreds  of  letters 
we  have  received,  indicates  very  clearly  that  this  Histor\-  tills  a  want  long 
felt  among  Shurtleff  men  and  women. 

All  history  is  but  a  huge  crazy-quilt,  and  the  history  of  a  literary  society 
is  no  exception  to  the  rule.  We  can  of  course  scarcely  do  more  in  this  work 
than  give  a  series  of  snapshot  photographs,  as  it  were,  of  the  various  lights 
and  shadows  of  the  fifty  years  of  our  society  life-  We  have  tried,  however, 
to  make  as  connected  a  narrati\'e  as  possible,  written  up  from  the  stand- 
point of  the  actor  rather  than  the  on-Iooker.  Our  task  has  been  much 
larger  than  we  had  anticipated,  and  the  difficulties  attending  it  have  been 
very  great  indeed.  The  minutes  prior  to  ISS.^  are  lost,  and  we  were  C(tm- 
pelled  to  pick  up  the  early  data  from  various  sources.  iJr.  J.  Bulkley,  Mr. 
S.  G.  Russell,  Col.  A.  F.  Kodgers  and  a  few  others  have  assisted  us  consid- 
erably in  the  way  of  personal  reminiscence,  but  the  greater  part  of  the 
information  not  obtained  from  our  records — both  of  earlier  and  Inter  years — 
has  been  secured  in  small  bits  from  different  persons.  Yet  despite  many 
serious  difficulties  our  laborious  task  is  now  completed,  our  members  traced 
up  as  well  as  we  could  hope  to  trace  them,  and  we  at  last  have  the  satisfac- 
tion of  presenting  to  the  public  a  history  which  is  as  accurate  as  possible, 
and  we  believe  worthy  o\  our  Society  and  our  College.  When  our  members 
and  friends  have  perused  this  vokune  and  considered  how  interminably  such 
work  may  spin  out,  we  trustthey  will  forgive  us  for  the  delay  in  publication. 

The  General  Roster,  giving  a  complete  list  of  our  active  members  from 
the  beginning,  is  an  important  feature  of  this  work.       In    the    biographical 


sketches,  which  are  prepared  with  the  utmost  care,  we  have  not  as  a  rule 
traced  the  subjects  very  far  hack  of  their  birth  or  expatiated  on  their  illus- 
trious ancestry,  but  have  ajven  merely  brief  and  accurate  life-pictures, 
throwing  very  few  literary  bouquets.  We  have,  however,  tried  to  give  in 
this  List  the  correct  titles  and  degrees,  and  trust  we  have  not  omitted  any. 
In  case  of  graduation  from  Shurtleff,  mention  is  made  of  the  fact.  We 
trust  the  Soldier  Boy  Department  will  be  of  general  interest,  though  well 
aware  that  is  very  far  from  complete.  While  we  were  obliged  to  omit  the 
contemplated  Roll  of  Honor,  and  regret  that  limited  space  has  necessi- 
tated comparatively  few  words  of  praise,  yet  we  wish  to  state  that  where 
such  words  are  bestowed,  we  have  drawn  no  distinction  between  the  living 
and  the  dead,  believing  with  Dr.  Henson,  of  Chicago,  ihat  one  of  the  needs 
of  the  age  is  "more  taffy  and  less  epitaphy." 

As  is  indicated  on  our  title-page,  the  preparation  of  this  volume  has 
been  almost  entirely  the  work  of  our  Secretary,  who,  in  the  determination 
that  the  enterprise  should  succeed  when  only  debt  and  defeat  stared  us 
in  the  face,  dropped  his  studies  in  College  and  for  months  devoted  his 
undivided  attention  to  the  History,  securing  financial  backing,  conducting 
the  correspondence,  and  compiling  the  historical  sketch  and  the  various 
departments.  We  can  not  express  in  fitting  language  our  gratitude  to 
the  hundreds  of  loyal  members  of  Alpha  Zeta  and  the  host  of  outside 
friends  who  have  aided  us  so  splendidly  by  their  words  pf  sympathy 
and  encouragement,  their  advice  and  suggestions,  their  cordial  responses  to 
our  requests  for  information,  the  loaning  of  photographs  for  engravings,  and 
furnishing  items  of  history  and  biography.  We  could  never  have  brought 
this  work  to  a  successful  conclusion  without  the  magnificent  support  of  our 
guarantors  who  have  so  generously  stood  behind  this  enterprise  financially. 
Our  thanks  are  also  due  especially  to  Mr.  Henry  A.  Warne,  of  Kenwood, 
N.  Y.,  and  Dr.  C.  A.  Hobbs,  of  Delavan,  Wis.,  for  material  furnished; 
and  to  Mrs.  John  Leverett,  of  Upper  Alton,  111.,  for  her  kind  assistance  in 
the  work  of  designing  our  plates. 

The  plates  of  half-tones  were  made  from  a  varied  assortment  of  photo- 
graphs, some  of  them  possessing  distinct  archaeological  value,  and  hence 
the  engravings  are  in  a  few  cases  (as  for  example,  that  of  Prof.  Geo.  B. 
Dodge,  page  175)  necessarily  imperfect.  We  must  say,  however,  that 
our  engravers,  Messrs.  Sanders  Co.,  St.  Louis,  have  in  this  difficult  task 
proved  that  they  are  masters  of  their  art,  and  also  shown  us   every    kindly 


courtesy.  The  frontispiece  is  worthy  of  attention  as  something;  rather  neat 
and  original.  Much  credit  is  due  Mr.  W.  H.  Wiseman,  our  Alton  photog- 
rapher, who  made  all  the  indi\idual  photographs  for  this  bouquet  picture, 
and  with  our  direction  did  the  work  of  grouping.  Fiftyei^ht  we  consider  a 
fair  representation  out  of  the  seventy-five  present  members. 

It  must  be  carefully  noted  that  below  the  engravinjis  of  active  members, 
in  the  List  of  Presidents,  and  elsewhere,  the  Vi'iir  of  joining  is  placed  after 
the  members' respective  names.  Thus, "John  B.  Jackson, '49,''  "Smiley  N. 
Chambers,  '66,"  "Nellie  G.  Scott,  '88,"  indicate  that  these  members 
joined  Alpha  Zeta  in  '49-50.  '66-7,  and  '88  9,  respectively.  Where  the 
class  of  graduation  from  the  College  is  mentioned  it  is  invariably  so  desig- 
nated, as  for  instance.  "Henry  E.  Mills,  of  the  Class  of  '69." 

Our  Shurtleff  printers.  Messrs.  Melling  &   Gaskins.  give   us  top-notch 
service  always.     Their  work  speaks  eloquently  for  itself,  and  is  as  neat  a 
bit  of  typography  as  could  be  obtained  anywhere  in  the  West. 
Faithfully  and  fraternally  yoiu's, 

SAMUHL  G.  COOK, 
FRANCES  E.  COULTER, 
WILLIAM  W.  GREENE, 
History  Coniniittec  of  llw  Alplia  Zcta  Society. 

Shurtlkff  College.    l'/>per  A'.tnn.   III..  Jini,-   /,    /.'\o.S'. 


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T^HE  lite  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  of  Shurtleff  College  is  closely  linked 
vvitli  the  longer,  larger  life  of  the  Institution  to  which  it  is  so  valuable 
an  adjunct,  and  by  way  of  introduction  we  can  do  no  better  than  to  give  our 
readers  at  least  a  brief  sketch  of  the  old  College  so  dear  to  the  heart  of 
every  loyal  Alpha  Zetan.  Old  Shurtleff,  "built  upon  the  sacrificial  bones 
of  devoted  men,''  has  lived  through  pioneer  days  to  witness  the  onward 
march  of  civilization,  until  the  West  has  receded  westward  and  this  State 
can  proudly  claim  the  second  largest  city  in  America;  until  refinement,  cul- 
ture and  learning  abound  where  but  a  couple  of  generations  ago  the  bear 
and  bison  roamed  at  will  and  bloodthirsty  savages  held  undisputed  sway 
over  virgin  forest  and  prairie.  Who  can  say  what  a  large  part  of  this  devel- 
opment of  the  Great  West  has  been  due,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  the 
strong,  solid,  earnest  educational  life  of  Old  Shurtleff! 

The  following  historical  sketch  of  the  College  was  prepared  by  Dr. 
Justus  Bulkley,  and  by  him  read  upon  the  occasion  of  our  Seventieth 
Annual  Commencement,  June,  1897: 

In  May,  1817,  the  board  of  the  Baptist  Triennial  Convention  appointed 
J.  M.  Peck  and  James  E.  Welch,  missionaries  to  the  Missouri  Territory. 
On  July  25  following,  Mr.  Peck,  with  a  wife  and  three  small  children  began 
his  journey  of  1,200  miles,  in  a  one-horse  covered  wagon.  After  more  than 
four  months'  toilsome  and  dangerous  traveling,  he  reached  St.  Louis,  Dec. 
1,  1817,  then  a  small  village,  and  as  he  expressed  it,  "a  land  of  darkneSs." 
After  three  years  of  unremitting  labor,  attended  with   many   successes  and 


JOHN    MASON    PbCK,    I).  I). 

IoLMM-.i;  01     KoCK  Sl'KlNO  Si:MlNAKV. 


defeats,  for  some  reason  it  was  thought  best  to  dissolve  the  connection 
between  these  missionaries  and  the  Triennial  Convention,  and  July*),  1820, 
they  received  a  letter  from  the  secretary  stating  that  their  mission  was 
closed.  The  reasons  given  for  this  acton  the  part  of  the  Triennial  Con- 
vention were,  the  want  of  ample  funds  for  its  vigorous  prosecution;  a  sup- 
position on  the  part  of  the  board  that  this  region  would  be  soon  suffering  by 
the  immigration  into  it  of  preachers  from  the  Middle  and  Eastern  States,  and 
the  opposition  in  the  West.  Mr.  Peck  was  directed  as  speedily  as  practica- 
ble to  remove  to  Fort  Wayne  and  join  Rev.  Mr.  McCoy  in  his  labor  among 
the  Indians.  He  did  not  comply.  Two  years  later,  in  April,  1.S22,  Dr.  Peck- 
removed  with  his  family  to  Pock  Spring,  Illinois,  which  henceforth  became 
his  home  and  the  center  of  his  multiplied  labors  until  his  earthl\-  mission 
was  ended. 

DR.  PECK'S   PLAN    FOR   A  CHRISTIAN   SCHOOL. 

Before  Dr.  Peck  came  West  a  part  of  his  cherished  plans  was  to  estab- 
lish a  seminary  for  the  common  and  the  higher  branches  of  education. 
Hence  we  find  in  his  journal  under  February,  1819,  these  statements:  "It 
has  been  in  our  plan  at  first,  even  before  we  left  Philadelphia  for  this 
region,  to  establish  a  seminary  for  the  common  and  higher  branches  of  edu- 
cation, and  especially  for  the  training  of  school  teacheis  and  aiding  the 
preachers  now  in  office,  or  who  may  hereafter  be  brought  forth  in  tlu- 
churches."  .  .  .  "Our  aim  was  not  to  establish  a  regular  theological 
institution,  or  to  lay  the  foundation  and  build  up  a  college.  The  writer 
never  had  the  gift  of  anticipating  and  attempting  great  things.  It  has  been 
his  rule  through  life  to  do  wlu.t  he  could  tor  the  present,  trusting  to  Pro\i- 
dence  for  the  future.'' 

For  the  purpose  of  securing  a  proper  location  for  his  seminarx',  Dr. 
Peck,  under  the  same  date,  informs  us  that  he  visited  several  places  within 
fifty  miles  of  St.  Louis,  among  them  St.  Charles.  Mo.,  and  Alton,  III.  In 
1817  Hon.  Hufus  Haston  had  laid  out  a  town  at  Alton  and  giwn  it  its  name 
after  his  son,  Alton  R.  Haston.  I  quote  from  Dr.  Peck's  diary:  "The 
late  Hon.  Rufus  Easton,  of  St.  Louis,  who  had  become  interested  in  the 
landed  property  projected  as  the  site  of  Alton  City,  exacted  the  promise 
that  we  should  not  decide  on  our  location  until  we  had  visited  and  explored 
that  site— or  rather  the  village  now  known  as  Upper  Alton,  two  and  a  half 
miles  in  the  rear,  on  elevated  and  lu-althx'  ground.''     For  some  reason  Dr. 


Peck  was  not  suff-'iciently  pleased  with  this  locaHty  to  select  it  as  the  site 
of  his  school,  and  he  asserts  that  "it  was  three  or  four  years  before  1  again 
visited  Upper  Alton."  Meantime  lie  selected  Rock  Spring  as  the  location 
for  the  intended  seminary,  in  1826  he  made  his  first  visit  to  the  Eastern 
States,  traveled  there  nine  months,  explained  and  advocated  his  plans,  and 
obtained  help  to  the  amount  of  $750.  hi  1827,  seventy  years  ago,  his 
school  was  founded. 

ROCK  SPRING  SEMINARY. 
It  opened  with  twenty-five  students  and  in  a  few  weeks  the  number 
increased  to  100.  But  the  location  was  an  unfortunate  one.  It  was  in  the 
country  eighteen  miles  east  of  East  St.  Louis.  There  was  no  way  to 
reach  it  except  by  stage,  as  it  was  on  the  stage  route  from  St.  Louis  to 
Vincennes,  Ind.,  and  Louisville,  Ky.  As  a  result  it  suspended  in  1831.  it 
is  not  my  purpose  to-day  to  determine  whether  the  honor  of  founding 
Shurtleff  College  belongs  to  Dr.  John  M.  Peck,  to  Rev.  Hubbel  Looniis,  to 
Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Edwards,  or  to  Dr.  Jonathan  Going,  or  others.  These 
are,  1  think,  substantially  the  facts:  in  June,  1831,  Rev.  Jonathan 
Going,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  was  sent  by  Baptists  in  the  East  to  look  after 
the  interests  of  education  connected  with  our  denomination  in  the  West. 
He  visited  Illinois  with  a  view  to  aiding  in  the  permanent  establishment 
of  an  institution  of  learning  whose  priinary  design  should  be  the  education 
of  the  rising  ministry  of  that  great  Western  valley.  In  company  with  Dr. 
Peck  and  Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Edwards,  of  Edwardsville,  he  visited  Upper  Alton. 
The  question  of  the  permanent  location  of  the  institution  was  warmly 
discussed.  Dr.  Peck,  with  his  characteristic  perseverance  and  determina- 
tion, strenuously  contended  that  Rock  Spring  Seminary  should  continue  to 
receive  the  co-operation  and  material  aid  of  the  denomination  in  the  East 
and  thus  afford  increased  facilities  for  supplying  the  demands  for  liberal 
education.  Dr.  Edwards,  on  the  other  hand,  who  was  a  trustee  and  a  warm 
friend  of  Rock  Spring  Seminary,  had  become  perfectly  satisfied  before  the 
visit  of  Dr.  Going  in  1831,  that  Rock  Spring  did  not  possess  the  natural  ad- 
vantages requisite  to  make  it  the  site  for  such  an  institution  of  learning. 
He  had  already  expressed  his  preference  for  its  location  in  what  is  now 
Middle  Alton,  and  in  the  teeth  of  decided  opposition  from  strong  and  earnest 
brethren  of  his  own  church  at  Edwardsville  (then  a  very  strongchurch),  he 
had  used  his  influence  in  favor  of  its  removal  to  Alton.  At  this  time  there 
resided  in  Alton  and  its  immediate  vicinity  a  number  of   liberal-minded  and 


lariif -hearted  gentlemen,  wlinse  attention  had  already  been  directed  to  the 
importance  and  necessity  ol  such  a  school  at  tiiis  point.  And  they  had  al- 
ready taken  incipient  measures  to  found  here  an  institution  ot  learning  which 
they  hoped  would  develop  into  a  college.  These  incipient  measures  had  not, 
however,  taken  det'mite  shape  previous  to  the  arrival  ot  Dr.  Goin^i  in  1831. 
The  doctor,  with  far-reaching  sagacity,  unbiased  by  local  preferences  and 
prejudices,  took  in  the  situation  at  a  glance,  and  became  satisfied  that 
Alton  possessed  advantages  afforded  by  no  other  point  in  the  West,  being 
located  on  free  st)il,  and  near  the  junction  of  three  ;:reat  ri\LTs,  the  main 
channels  of  trade,  travel,  and  national  communication  before  the  days  of 
railroads.  It  is  asserted  that  after  consultation  with  Dr.  Peck,  Benjamin  F. 
Edwards,  Wm.  Manning,  Geo.  Smith,  Stephen  Griggs  and  perhaps  others, 
the  very  spot  upon  which  our  college  now  stands  was  selected  by  Dr. 
Going  as  the  site  for  the  seminary,  provided  the  title  to  the  land  could  be 
secured. 

ALTON   SEMINARY   ESTABLISHEIJ. 

The  title  to  the  land  was  secured  through  the  agency  of  Go\-.  Ninian 
Edwards,  and  on  June  4,  1832,  Alton  Seminary  was  established  by  the 
organization  of  a  Board  of  Trustees,  consisting  of  Benjamin  F.  Fdwards, 
Hubbel  Loomis,  Enoch  Long,  William  Manning  and  Stepiien  Griggs.  How 
long  the  opposition  of  Dr.  Peck  continued,  I  cannot  determine,  but  it  is  a 
singular  fact  that  his  school  closed  in  1831,  and  that  with  his  wonderful 
interest  in  education,  and  indomitable  energy  of  character,  he  did  not  be- 
come a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Alton  Seminary  until  March  6, 
1835.  This  is  the  record  at  a  meeting  March  6.  1S3S:  "Voted  that  John 
M.  Peck,  George  Hoskin  and  Albert  W.  Cavarly  be  added  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees."  And  yet  Dr.  B.  F.  Edwards,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Rock 
Spring  board,  a  member  of  the  Alton  Seminar>-  board  in  June,  1832.  and 
chairman  of  the  meeting  in  which  this  new  organization  was  effected,  sa\'s: 
"Rock  Spring  Seminary  was  removed  to  Upper  Alton  and  there  continued 
as  Alton  Seminary,  and  it  was  definitelv  underst  )od  because  ot  a  previous 
arrangement  to  remove,  that  this  was  to  be  done  when  the  new  location 
at  Upper  Alton  was  decided  upon  and  the  new  organization  there 
was  formed."  From  all  the  facts  as  I  gather  them,  it  seems  to  me 
not  unjust  to  regard  all  these  men  as  entitled  to  the  credit  of  establishing 
this  Institution,  while  it  is  perfectly  proper  to  regard  Rock  Spring  Seminary 
as  the  germ  out  of  which,  by  a  process  of  evolution,  Shurtlell   College  was 


developed,  and  hence  perfectly  proper  to  regard  this  as  the  seventieth  an- 
niversary of  the  College. 

The  seminary  thus  originated  was  put  under  the  direct  and  almost 
ex'clusive  control  of  Rev.  Hubbel  Loomis,  who  from  June,  1832,  until  his 
resignation  in  June,  1836,  was  entrusted  with  its  interests,  even  to  the 
employment  of  assistants.  During  his  administration  there  were  educated 
such  men  as  Elias  R.  Fort,  John  Rogers  and  Noah  Flood,  of  Missouri;  Elihu 
J.  Palmer,  of  Illinois;  J.  M.  Frost,  of  Kentucky,  and  Samuel  Baker,  D.  D., 
from  England. 

LANDS  AND  CHARTER. 

On  the  very  day  that  the  board  of  trustees  was  organized,  June  4, 
1832,  arrangements  were  made  to  purchase  362  acres  of  land,  embracing  a 
tract  of  122  acres  upon  which  the  College  now  stands,  and  three  eighty- 
acre  tracts  entered  by  Mr.  Loomis  and  held  in  trust  by  him  for  the  College. 
In  March,  1833,  a  charter  was  granted  by  the  state  legislature  incorporating 
the  seven  gentlemen  who  were  named  as  "The  Trustees  of  Alton  College 
of  Illinois."  In  this  charter  it  was  provided  that  no  particular  religious  faith 
should  ever  be  required  of  those  who  became  its  trustees;  that  no  professor 
of  theology  should  ever  be  employed  as  a  teacher  in  the  College,  and  that 
no  theological  department  should  ever  be  connected  therewith,  on  the  pen- 
alty of  forfeiture  of  the  charter.  The  charter  was  not  accepted.  The 
trustees  of  Alton  Seminary  were  not  to  be  baffled  by  this  unfriendly  legis- 
lation. They  resolved  to  push  their  enterprise  and  bide  their  time.  In 
January,  1835,  they  determined  to  attempt  to  raise  $25,000,  and  hoped  to 
raise  ^20,000  of  it  in  the  East.  Early  in  the  year  Dr.  Peck  undertook  this 
gigantic  enterprise.  After  meeting  the  Triennial  Convention  in  Richmond, 
he  visited  Philadelphia,  New  York,  Boston,  Providence  and  other  cities. 
He  was  gone  until  November  18,  traveling  5,260  miles.  He  secured  the 
$20,000,  $10,000  of  which  came  from  Dr.  Benjamin  Shurtleff,  of  Boston,  on 
certain  conditions,  one  of  which  was  that  the  institution  should  bear  his 
name.  While  Dr.  Peck  was  thus  at  work  in  the  East,  Hon.  Cyrus  Edwards 
was  at  work  in  the  Illinois  legislature.  By  dint  of  immense  labor  and  log- 
rolling, combining  the  educational  interests  of  other  portions  of  the  State, 
and  of  other  denominations,  he  with  others  procured  a  college  charter.  The 
bill  under  which  the  charter  was  granted  was  sufficiently  liberal  in  its  pro- 
visions to  permit  the  establishment  of  any  number  of  colleges,  under  the 
control  of  any  religious  denomination.       In  this  charter,  however,  the  offen- 


BHNJAiWlN     SHUKTLHFF,     .W.  h. 

Ol-     HOSTON,    MAbS. 


sive  feature  prohibiting^  a  tlu'uloyieal  department  was  retained.  This 
LJiarter,  thou^ih  distasteful,  was  accepted,  and  the  trustees  of  the  seminary, 
without  dissolviiiiZ  their  mutual  co\'enant,  became  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Alton  College  of  Illinois.  Their  property  was  transferred  to  the  new  insti- 
tution, except  fifty  acres  of  land  which  they  reserved  for  the  education  of 
the  ministry,  together  with  such  other  gifts  as  had  been  made  f(»r  that 
especial  purpose.  In  doing  this  they  passed  the  resolution  "That  it  is  and 
shall  ever  continue  to  be  a  prominent  object  to  aid  in  the  education  of  young 
men  of  genuine  piet\',  di'signed  for  the  gospel  ministry  in  this  section  of 
the  valley  of  the  Mississippi."  Of  this  board  of  trustees  Ke\-.  Hubbrl 
Loomis  was  chosen  prosideiit  and  Stephen  Griggs  secretary. 

THE   NAME   CHANGED. 

In  January,  1836,  in  consequence  of  the  gift  of  SlO,000  by  Benjamin 
Sliurtleff,  M.  U.,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  the  name  of  the  institution  was  changed 
to  Shurtleff  College,  of  Alton,  Illinois,  the  nanie  it  bears  to-day.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1841.  the  legislature  repealed  that  part  of  the  charter  forbidding  a 
theological  department,  and  permitted  the  trustees  to  establish  "additional 
departments  for  the  study  of  any  or  all  of  the  liberal  professions."  Imme- 
diately after  the  repeal  of  this  offensive  article  the  board  of  the  seminary 
transferred  to  the  trustees  of  the  college  all  the  property  it  had  secured  by 
gift  or  purchase  lor  theological  purposes. 

I^UILIJINGS. 

The  first  building  erected  was  the  academic  hall.  It  was  built  of  brick 
and  was  two  stories  high.  On  the  first  floor  were  the  chapel  and  library; 
on  the  second  floor  were  two  rows  of  small,  low,  dark,  ill-constructed,  poorly 
ventilated  rooms,  used  by  the  students  as  dormitories.  These  two  rows 
of  rooms  were  separated  by  a  dark  hall,  extending  the  entire  length  of  the 
building.  The  heating  apparatus  was  unique  if  not  admirable,  bach  r(»om 
had  a  stove.  All  the  pipes  from  the  several  lonms  passed  over  the  door  ot 
each  room  into  the  hall,  where  they  were  joined  to  a  larger  pipe  which 
extended  the  entire  distance  of  the  hall  a  few  inches  above  yovu'  head,  and 
which  entered  the  chimney  at  the  extreme  south  end.  The  smoke  trom 
these  several  pipes  at  times  was  like  the  smoke  ot  a  furnace  and  absolutely 
refused  to  pursue  the  channel  provided  for  it,  but  with  the  most  unblushing 
effrontery  and  pertinacity  persisted  in  returning  to  the  room  whence  it  orig- 
inated and  taking  up  its  permanent   abode  with   such   of    the    students    as 


desired  to  study.  1  occupied  one  of  those  rooms  for  a  season  and  found  it 
anything  but  a  delight.  This  building  lias  since  been  remodeled-  The 
upper  story  has  been  removed  and  it  now  furnishes  a  place  for  our  library. 

The  second  building  was  of  stone,  it  occupied  the  site  of  the  present 
residence  of  Dr.  Clarke.  It  was  a  main  building  with  two  wings.  The 
basement  contained  a  large  dining-hall  and  two  kitchens.  The  second  story, 
with  the  wings,  contained  two  suites  of  rooms  for  families.  The  third  story 
contained  a  number  of  students'  rooms  or  dormitories.  It  was  built  at  a 
cost  of  $4,300.  The  trustees  gave  it  the  modest  name  of  Seminary  Hall 
and  Refectory.  This  building,  with  the  grounds,  was  sold  to  Herman  C. 
Cole,  of  Chester,  Illinois,  who  tore  down  the  building  and  erected  on  its 
site  the  elegant  residence  of  Dr.  Clarke. 

The  third  building  was  the  present  college  dormitory.  it  is  built  of 
brick  with  stone  foundations.  it  is  four  stories  high,  and  had  originally 
sixteen  rooms  for  students  on  each  floor.  Under  Dr.  Kendrick's  adminis- 
tration was  built  our  new  Chapel,  our  Annex  for  ladiesand  our  Gymnasium. 

THE   DESIGN   OF  THE   FOUNDERS. 

The  primary  design  of  the  founders  of  Shurtleff  College  was  to  provide 
for  the  most  thorough  and  liberal  instruction,  literary,  scientific,  classical, 
and  theological,  of  the  Baptist  ministry  in  this  Western  valley,  at  the  same 
time  providing  similar  facilities  for  the  young  of  all  classes  who  would  avail 
themselves  of  these  privileges.  This  object  of  ministerial  culture  has  been 
kept  steadily  in  view  under  every  administration  of  the  College.  While  in 
the  academic,  scientific  and  classical  departments,  denominational  peculi- 
arities have  no  place  and  can  have  none,  yet  so  thoroughly  are  the  Baptists 
imbued  with  the  idea  not  only  of  making  it  a  Christian  college  of  the  most 
pronounced  type,  but  also  of  keeping  it  under  denominational  control,  that 
during  all  the  past,  with  very  few  exceptions,  all  of  its  presidents,  profes- 
sors and  instructors  have  been  earnest  members  of  Baptist  churches. 
During  almost  its  entire  history  its  teachers  have  been  a  unit  in  policy  and 
principles.  The  result  has  been  that  the  moral  character  of  the  school  has 
ever  been  of  the  highest  order,  and  never  higher  than  to-day. 

While  ministerial  education  was  the  chief  aim  of  the  founders  of  the 
school,  a  distinct  theological  department  was  not  established  until  June, 
1863,  Then,  without  a  dollar  to  endow  a  theological  professorship,  trem- 
bling with  the  most  anxious  solicitude,  but  with  ear  reverently  upturned   to 


catch  the  whisperings  of  di\iiie  Providence,  tlie  trustees  beheved  that  they 
distinctly  heard  the  voice  of  God  comniandinii  them  to  go  forward.  When 
the  school  opened  the  following  September,  quite  a  large  class  of  young 
ministers  presented  themselves  for  a  course  of  theological  instruction. 
Rev.  E.  C.  Mitchell,  of  Rockford,  Illinois,  was  elected  as  professor  of  bibli- 
cal studies  and  sacred  rhetoric,  and  a  junior  theological  class  organized.  So 
pressing  was  the  labor  crowding  upon  tiiis  department  that  your  speaker, 
who  was  then  pastor  of  the  Upper  Alton  Baptist  Church,  consented  for  the 
time  being  to  give  gratuitous  instruction  in  the  department  of  ecclesiastical 
history  and  church  polity.  June  8,  1864,  Rev.  R.  H.  Pattison,  D.  D., 
was  called  to  the  chair  of  systematic  theology,  and  in  September, 
at  the  opening  of  the  college-year,  he  was  on  the  ground,  and  measures 
were  taken  immediately  to  secure  endowment  funds  for  the  theological  de- 
partment, which  were  wonderfully  successful.  Whatever  may  be  done  in 
the  future,  the  past  is  assured,  and  large  numbers  have  gone  forth  to  bless 
the  world  and  extend  the  boundaries  of  the  Zioii  o\  our  God. 

DONORS. 

It  would  be  dittlcull,  it  not  impossible,  to  do  justice  to  all  who  ha\e 
generously  and  in  many  instances  with  great  liberality  contributed  to  the 
general  or  special  funds  of  the  institution.  To  severe  trials  Shurtleff  has 
not  been  a  stranger.  Yet  tliese  very  trials  in  many  instances  have  been  a 
blessing,  not  a  curse.  I  have  already  referred  to  Ur.  Peck's  second 
visit  to  the  Eastern  States  in  1835  when  Dr.  Shurtleff  donated  SIO.OOO  and 
$10,000  more  was  secured  from  other  persons.  Then  Hon.  Cyrus  Edwards 
gave  to  the  College,  as  the  foundation  of  the  Edwards  professorship  (»f 
mathematics  and  natural  philosophy,  a  valuable  tract  of  land  from  which 
about  SlO,000  was  realized.  Elijah  Gove  and  wife,  of  Quincy,  gave  an 
aggregate  of  $25,000,  then  each  by  will  left  a  large  amount,  making  a  total 
of  $60,000  or  $80,000.  H.  N.  Kendall,  of  Upper  Alton,  gave  from  $10,000 
to  $12,000;  Dr.  E.  Marsh  at  one  time  $5,000,  besides  smaller  sums;  J.  L. 
Blair,  a  similar  amount;  Mrs.  Stephen  Griggs,  $6,000;  Elias  S.  Converse, 
of  Boston,  $5,000.  David  Pierson,  of  Carrollton,  Major  Hunter  and  Richard 
Flagg,  of  Alton;  I.  O.  Pierce  and  D.  J.  Hancock,  of  St.  Louis;  Rev.  Mr. 
PuUiam,  of  Belleville;  ScUiuiel  Wood,  of  Morgan  county;  E.  G.  Miner,  of 
Winchester,  and  many  others,  ha\e  been  large  contributors.  Besides 
these  large  amounts,  donations  varying  from  $1,000  downward  have  been 


given  by  scores  who  lacked  only  the  ability  to  have  been  numbered  with 
the  largest  benefactors  of  the  College.  No  college  can  accomplish  its 
mission  without  large  endowments.  This  College  to  accomplish  the  mission 
of  its  founders  must  have  several  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  Baptists 
of  Illinois  have  these  funds,  and  1  believe  in  the  not  far  distant  future  God 
will  open  their  hearts  to  meet  these  pressing  necessities. 

THE    CENTENNIAL    JUBILEE. 

in  1876  and  1877,  the  centennial  of  our  nation  and  the  jubilee,  it  was 
deemed  opportune  and  desirable  to  put  forth  extra  efforts  to  add  $100,000 
to  the  permanent  funds  of  the  Institution.  To  secure  this  end  the  services 
of  one  of  the  most  successful  solicitors  in  the  Baptist  denomination  in  the 
United  States  were  secured.  Rev.  G.  J.  Johnson,  D.D.,  entered  upon  the 
task,  and  pursued  it  witli  indomitable  energy  and  unflagging  zeal  during 
the  year  1876,  and  at  the  jubilee  meeting  of  1877  he  reported  that  $75,000 
had  been  secured  by  reliable  pledges,  a  part  of  which,  however,  was  condi- 
tioned on  securing  the  entire  amount,  $100,000.  He  was  requested  to 
continue  his  labors  until  the  whole  amount  was  secured.  He  did  so,  and 
while  there  was  considerable  shrinkage,  a  very  large  sum  was  realized. 
We  welcome  the  grand  old  veteran  to  our  Seventieth  Anniversary  to-day 
after  his  absence  of  twenty  years, 

CO-EDUCATION. 

During  the  administration  of  Dr.  Read,  two  young  ladies  applied  for 
admission  to  the  college  classes.  They  wished  to  complete  the  classical 
course  of  study.  After  a  careful  inquiry  into  the  fruits  of  co-education  where 
adopted,  with  much  hesitation  the  prayer  of  these  two  girls  was  granted. 
This  opened  the  way  for  the  reception  of  all  young  women  who  desire  to 
avail  themselves  of  its  advantages.  Large  numbers  of  the  purest  and 
noblest  young  women  have  been  among  our  graduates. 

RELIGIOUS   PROSPERITY. 

At  every  step  of  our  progress  especial  tokens  of  divine  approval  have 
marked  our  history.  Founded  in  earnest  prayer,  consecrated  to  God  from 
its  origin,  directed  to  the  one  great  aim  of  prox'idingthe  purest  and  best  pos- 
sible culture  for  the  rising  ministry,  God  has  wonderfully  blessed  the  College 
with  frequent  and  powerful  outpourings  of  His  spirit.  Several  extensive 
and  precious  revivals  of  religion  have  been  enjoyed.     Scarcely  a  year  has 


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SHURTLEFF  COLLHGH  BUILDINGS. 


passed  without  special  tokens  of  divine  blessinjz;  in  the  conversion  of  souls. 
Besides  this  a  lar^e  number  of  young  men,  converted  while  in  college,  have 
been  led  by  the  Holy  Spirit  to  consecrate  life  and  talent  to  the  gospel  minis- 
try. Never  was  the  stanJarLJ  of  Christian  character  higher,  nor  the  religious 
atmosphere  purer  than  to-day.  To  parents  who  are  contemplating  the 
sending  of  sons  or  daughters  from  home  for  moral  and  intellectual  culture, 
we  can  with  confidence  commend  Shurtleff  College  as  a  place  where  the 
very  strongest  safeguards  are  thrown  around  them,  and  the  most  hallowed 
influences  continually  aid  in  their  development.  The  entire  atmosphere  is 
constantly  and  heaxily  cliarged  with  tiie  riclust  cK-mi-nts  of  spiritual  life 
and  acti\'ity. 

THE   OUTLOOK. 

In  view  of  tlie  wonderful  possibiUtics  of  the  Collegt^  and  its  command- 
ing location,  the  moral  and  intfi-llectual  character  of  the  millions  who  will 
immediately  after  us  crowd  the  thoroughfares  of  this  great  valley  cannot  be 
a  matter  of  indifference  to  the  patriot,  the  philanthropist  and  the  Christian. 
Great  perils  threaten  the  immediate  future,  to  which  1  may  not  refer.  The 
Christian  school  and  the  Christian  college  will  be  most  potent  factors  in 
determining  the  character  of  the  future  millions  of  this  land,  and  the  ques- 
tion of  the  perpetuity  of  our  form  of  gowrnment  and  our  free  institutions. 

THE   PIONEERS. 

We  pause  a  single  moment  to  pay  our  tribute  to  our  co-laborers  who 
have  gone  before.  Of  those  who  founded  our  Institution  all  are  gone. 
Hon.  E.  G.  Miner,  of  Winchester,  now  eighty-eight  years  of  age,  is  the 
oldest  surviving  trustee  of  the  Institution.  Of  the  presidents,  two  are  liv- 
ing—Dr.  Read,  of  California,  and  Dr.  Kendrick.  of  St.  Louis.  Of  the  early 
professors  and  teachers,  Russell,  Dodge.  Howes,  Pattison,  Washington  and 
Warren  Leverett,  Newman,  Castle,  Fairman,  and  others  have  passed 
away.  Mitchell  aiui  iiu'self  alone  are  left.  1  can  almost  hear  the  foot-falls 
of  the  multitudes  on  the  other  shore.  We  drop  a  tear  or  place  a  tlower 
upon  their  grave,  then  rush  into  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  'til  we  are  borne 
from  the  battlefield  upon  our  shield.     And 

"May  He  who  sees  the  sparrows  fall,  who  counts  the  ocean's  sands, 
Then  take  us  to  that  better  home,    -that  house  not  made  with  hands." 


^^Cf^it^plyit    to    Si;wrtlc££* 


All  hail,  Old  Shurtleff  !     For  some  score  of  years 
Thou'st  sat  alone — not  "on  the  seven  hills," 
But  in  a  quiet  corner  of  the  streets 
Of  undulating  Upper  Alton,     Thou 
Still  lookest  calm,  and  very  dignified — 
With  something  of  a  classic  goodliness 
hi  thy  right-angled  brick  and  mortar.     Thou 
Uploomest  in  the  darkness,  as  a  dream 
That  tills  my  mind,  of  years  departed — years 
When  curious  passers  by  would  pause  to  look. 
And,  'mid  the  hazel-trees  would  press  their  way; 
And  with  their  thoughts  far  down  the  future  time. 
Say,  '7//V  es/o," — magic  words:   and  straight  uprose 
Thy  many-windowed  front.     And  1  have  thought 
(1  say't  most  modestly)  a  very  useful  hint 
1  could  have  dropped,  had  1  been  there.    'Tis  this: 
The  round -topped  knolls,  and  cedar-crowned  bluffs, 
O'erlooking  miles  of  scenery,  vasty  wastes. 
And  broad  expanse  of  stream — earth's  noblest  stream. 
Were  obviously  designed  for  greater  use 
Than  German  cabins  and  potato-fields; 
And  careful  Nature,  chary  of  her  charms. 
Had  heaved  them  up  to  build  a  college  on, 
Undoubtedly. 


But  coming  down  the  years, 
"A  change  comes  o'er  the  spirit  of  my  dream," 
Wondrous  at  times,  at  times  monotonous. 
Thy  life  hath  had  its  changes — days  of  sun. 


And  days  of  shadow.     Like  some  ocean  barque, 

"Well  built  and  tall,"  thou'st  cloven  many  seas, 

And  from  the  storm  kin^  shorn  his  flamy  locks. 

When  like  old  Neptune,  rising  from  the  wave. 

He  heaved  his  billows  like  a  thunder- shock 

Against  thee.     I  have  heard  thy  halls 

Resound  to  passing  feet,  while  overhead 

Were  wastes  of  beam  and  rafter,  grimly  bare, 

Yawning  like  th'  abyss  of  chaos;   and  I  watched 

The  progress  of  inhabitation,  as  the  world 

New  risen  from  nothingness.     The  epochs  passed, 

Of  rusting  sunbeams,  and  of  spider  webs. 

Of  quietude  just  verging  into  strife, 

Of  dingy  skeletons  of  unbuilt  rooms, 

"Inhabited  by  bats  and  feather  beds," 

And  erst  by  fowls  unwillingly  constrained 

From  neighboring  hen-roosts,  and  'twas  said — 

Most  darkly  whispered — that  at  midnight  hour 

'Twas  haunted  by  strange  noises,  and  the  ghosts 

Of  murdered  individuals  of  the  feathered  tribe. 

These  epochs  passed,  and  were  forgotten;   and  a  change 

Came  round  thee,  blessing  all  thy  towers  with  light 

Of  better  days.     Forth  went  thy  sons  in  troops 

Of  one  or  Jialf  a  doien  at  a  time. 

To  bless  the  world— to  make  the  cannons  boom 

Most  thund'rously  in  life's  far-reaching  battle. 

To  glorify  their  glorious  selves,  and  thee. 

And  others  came,  most  venturously  to  walk 

The  bridge  that  reaches  o'er  tlie  gulf  of  years, 

From  Ignorance  to  dignified  A.  B., 

Which  glitters  on  the  topmost  spire  of  Fame. 

But,   as  in  Mirza's  vision,   many  fell 

Through  pitfalls.     Many  thrust  each  otlur  in, 

While  many,   loitering  lazih',   were  thrown 

Over  the  side,   into  the  gulf  beneath. 

Where  soon  they  tloated  to  Oblivion. 

Shurtleff!   thou  hast  brave  sons,  who  o'er  the  lore 


Of  buried  ages  dreamingly  consume 

The  midnight  tallow,  and  awake  betimes, 

Some  liours  after  breakfast.     Some  mayhap 

Enticed  by  sirens  or  bewitched  by  eyes 

Whose  depths  outshine  the  "Crescent"  or  the  ''Star,' 

Or  Beauty  robed  in  silken  gossamer 

Of  crinoline,  do  much  neglect  their  books; 

Absorbed,  forget  the  fictions  of  the  past 

In  astronomic  peerings  at  the  moon. 

As  doth  Minerva's  owl;   and  oft  they  make 

Night  vocal  with  such  melody 

As  that  sagacious  bird.     Some  few  live  on, 

Monotonous  as  the  ignoble  crowd, 

To  graduation.     This  is  college  life. 


Hear  now.  Old  Shurtleff!     Soon  will  end  my  verse; 

Soon,  too,  the  cold  world  will  enwrap  the  heart 

Of  him  who  sings  thee  now  thus  feelingly. 

Yet  with  my  parting  strain  1  would  invoke 

Rich  blessings  on  thee.     Long  may'st  thou  stand 

A  lighthouse  on  this  dark  Egyptian  shore, 

To  which  thy  boys,  when  scattered  o'er  the  earth, 

May  look  for  cheer  and  halcyon  memories. 


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ClIAl'  TICK'     1. 

BhGINNIN(i$.      (I^RHVIOIIS    TO    OCTOBHK.     1.S4S.) 

'X'Hb  oldest  non-sc-dft  (.(tllfUr  litfiaiN'  s<)i.icly  in  tlir  West,"  known  as 
^  tlu-  ArLPHA  ZETA  SOCIETY  OF  SHURTLHI"I-  COLLE(3E,  was 
organizfd  on  tlir  tliiitct^Uh  day  of  Oclobrr,  1S4S.  Aicuiatt.'  historical  data 
relating  to  tlif  (.'arlicM'  socit-tii-s  ol  wliirh  ours  was  tlu-  tiiial  outgrowth  is 
exceed  in  III  >'  limited,  and  tlirse  priniitixr  oi'iani/ations  are  almost  entirel\' 
obscured  in  the  twiliuht.  dei'p  and  misty,  ot  an  a^je  all  but  forgotten.  I'he 
ofticial  records  ol  these  societies — in  such  cases  as  records  were  kept  at 
all — seem  to  Iku'i-  been  loiiii  since  lost  or  destro\ed,  and  in  the  remotest 
days  ot  the  protoplasmic  Alpha  Zeta  we  iiropi-  blindl\'  lor  we  know  not 
what. 

We  learn,  however,  from  our  Alpha  ZtTa  Animal,  published  in  l.S7(), 
that  the  i-arliest  recoriis  ol  tlu'  Soeiet>'  /lu'ii  pieser\L'd  dated  as  far  back  as 
Januarx',  1<S4\  at  which  time  it  was  called  "The  Shurtleff  Cttlleye 
l.yceum," — President.  Kobeit  S.  (ireene;  St'cretary,  James  H.  Hibbard, — 
and  that  the  tirst  ..[uestion  chosen  for  debate  u'as  as  follows:  "Is  the 
Present  Form  of  Our  Government  Likely  to  be  Perpetual?"  We  further 
note  that  tiie  object  of  tiie  Society,  as  stated  in  the  Constitution,  was  "the 
improvement  of  the  members  in  ori^iinal  composition  and  i-xtemporaneous 

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speaking,"  and  that  enrollment  as  a  student  of  the  College,  the  payment 
of  an  initiation  fee  of  fifteen  cents,  and  the  signing  of  the  Constitution, 
were  the  conditions  of  membership. 

This    refers    to    preserved    records.      The  existence   of  our  So- 

Boys'       ciety   in  a  more   primitive  shape  for  some   f(nir   years  previous 

DcbtHin^     to  January,  1843,  is  not  questioned,     in  its  crude  form   it  was 

Socicly.      mt-rt'ly  a  boys'  debating  society,  a   number  of  fellows  from  the 

town  participating  at  first  in  the  meetings  with  the  lads  who 
were  attending  the  College.  The  debates,  we  understand,  were  free-for- 
all  affairs,  and  largely  impromptu.  In  their  course  any  member  was  allowed 
to  take  the  floor  with  counter  arguments  when  opportunity  came,  and  to 
speak  as  long  as  he  desired  or  until  the  audience  succumbed.  The  meet- 
ings were  conducted  in  true  democratic  style,  little  hampered  by  forms  and 
conventionalities,  and  thus  the  development  of  the  boys  in  the  power  of 
reasoning  and  the  art  of  verbal  expression  was  a  purely  natural  and  normal 
development.  The  officers  consisted  of  president,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
Two  or  three  flickering  tallow  candles  upon  the  rude  pine  box,  which  did 
duty  as  a  president's  dt^sk,  fm'nished  the  light  for  the  assembly.  This  was 
in  the  pre-historic  days  when  the-  old-fashioned  "spelling  match"  was  a 
prominent  type  of  literary  effort.  Delightful  occasions  indeed  were  these, 
ever  tinged  with  the  hazy  glow  of  romance,  ever  green  and  fragrant  in  the 
memories  of  the  aged  survivors.  Young  and  old  alike  would  gather  from 
all  the  country  round  about  to  engage  in  these  spelling  contests,  where 
jollity  reigned  supreme,  all  were  perfectly  at  home,  and  all  so  shockingly 
unsophisticated  as  to  enjoy  themselves  thoroughly. 

In  these  days  the  primitive  Shurtleff  owned  (in   addition   to   the 

CUbcn       Stone  Boarding-House)  but  one  building— the  Library  of  to-day. 

Sblirllcff    At  that  time    it   was  quite    innocent   of    any   such  additions  as 

U'llS  DcU'.   laboratory,  museum  or  recitation-rooms,   being   itself  one   large 

schoolroom.  "  Father  Loomis,"  Rev.  Lewis  Colby  (who  taught 
only  about  two  years),  Rev.  Zenas  B.  Newman  and  the  Leverett  brothers 
constituted  the  Faculty.  Dr.  Washington  Leverett  was  Acting- President 
of  the  College  until  1841,  when  Rev.  Adiel  Sherwood,  D.D.,  assumed  the 
Presidency,  which  position  he  held  for  about  five  years.  The  solitary  Col- 
lege building,  known  from  an  early  date  as  "The  Chapel,"  consisted  of 
two  stories  at  this  time,  the  upper  floor  being  devoted  to  rooms  for  stu- 
dents, and  the  main  entrance,  a  single  door,  being  upon  the  west  side. 


Diiriii;^   till'   I'xistt'iKi'   ol   tlu-    Buvs'  l)<,b;itin*i  S(n.ift\'  wi-  It-arn 

The         that  it  luki  its  nu-t'tin^is  in   st-vt-ra!  Jillrrc-nt   plact's, — in  a  little- 

Debaters     iraiiu'. house'   (Hi  the  site  dl   tin-  picst-nt  Baptist  (JuM\h;    in  tlu- 

of  "Chapel;"   and  lastK'.  alter  the  U(»niiit<ii_\'  was  eieeteJ,  on   tile 

/Inliqiiilv.    seLonii  tloor  dt    that    iMiilJin^:.  wlnTe  tlu-   Sikii-tw    siui-essively 

known  as  tiie  Lweiiin,  Philonialhean  ant-l  Alplia  Zeta,  continued 

to  liokl  its  nu'etin»is  tor  many  v'l-ars.      In   tlie  dim  remote    '4<)s  the  Hihi^ard 

boys,  Hu.Lih   Muira\-,    I.    h.    Haid\-,    A.    K.    Kodyers,    II.    S.    Hakn.    l.vne   S. 

Metcalt   and   ollui    earl\'  aspirants   tor   hune  discusseil  with   much  ardor  the 

\ital  questions  ol   the  hour,  and  there   in  juvenile  fon-nsie  eiKdunters  laiil 

well  the  toundations  of   li\es  successful  in  tlu'  world's  iireat  battle. 

B\-  1S45-46  the  Lyceum  had  become  quite  a  \iiiorous  or<:anixation 
(thouu;h  the  membership  was  comparatively  small),  and  we  note  a  little 
later  that  term  dues  of  ten  cents  were  required.  This  additional  income 
not  only  enabled  the  Societ>'  to  bu\'  fuel  and  lights  but  also  to  subscribe  for 
the  Missouri  KelMiblitwi.  Thert'  were  nobk-,  earnest  youn^  men  in  the 
Society,  and  tlKuijih  their  ad\antaiies  wc-re  e.\tremel\-  limited  they  knew 
h(»w  to  emploN"  well  what  opportunities  the\-  had.  Thus  they  carved  out 
tor  themselx'es  ruj^.eed,  manl\'  characters.  .At  this  n-mote  period  of  our 
history  the  College  was  almost  entirely-  surrounded  b\-  thi-  \ir,Lun  forest. 
Upper  Alton  consisting  merely  of  a  lew  do/en  houses  in  the  timber.  A 
favorite  custom  of  our  ancestral  Shurtleff  boys  was  to  wander  forth  amid  tlu- 
solitude  and  jjrandeur  of  the  miifhty  oaks  and  elms,  and  tlu-re,  where  the 
air  was  delicious  and  the  smiling  face  of  Nature  tiieir  inspiration,  to  practice 
aloud  orati(»ns,  debates  and  declamations.  Idiis  became  so  common  that 
the  residents  of  the  town  came  to  think  nothinii  of  it,  e.xcept — "  It's  a  way 
they  have  at  Youiil'  Shurtleff." 

Of  thr  old  houses  which  made  up  the  Upper  Alton  of  the  MUs, 
Liindmi)rK$.     several    still    remain.      The    historic    "Old    Stone    Boardinji- 

House  "  and  "  Old  Stone  Church,"  however,  are  amon^  the 
number  which  have  loiiu;  e.xisted  only  in  the  memories  of  old-timers.  The 
Boardiny- House  stood  for  many  years  on  the  spot  now  occupied  V>\  the 
residence  oi  Ur.  and  Mrs.  Clarke,  and  was  tlu-  temporary  lionu-  of  a  con- 
siderable number  of  the  old  Shurtk-lf  bo\s.      It  was,  of  coursi-,  a  brand-new 

I  In  this  liouse  Dr.  John  M.  Heck  eiliteii  and  published  ///.•  Il'ts/fiii  I'ioiirtr  .tiui  liii/>ttst  StitHifiiriiHnitfi. 
.in  outurowth  of  /'//.•  /'i,iii,'i-r.  the  first  paper  published  in  Illinois. 


building  then,  and  quite  magnificent  in  that  day.  Tiie  first  OL-cupants,  we 
understand,  were  tlie  Pease  family,  the  two  sons,  Calvin  and  George,  be- 
coming afterward  prominent  Alpha  Zetans.  Mr.  Zephaniah  Lowe,  the  man 
who  built  the  Dormitory,  and  who  lived  to  a  very  ripe  old  age,  also  lived  in 
the  Boarding- House  for  some  time.  Until  they  erected  houses  of  tlieir 
own,  Prof.  Washington  Leverett  and  his  family  occupied  one  of  the  "wings," 
Prof.  Warren  Leverett  and  family  the  other,  and  to  this  day  Grandmother 
Leverett — one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  the  town — loves  to  recount  the  old 
times  when  she  "mothered"  the  boys,  listening  with  sympathetic  ear  to 
their  troubles  and  ministering  to  their  viuied  needs.  '1  he  Old  Stone  Cluuch 
stood  upon  a  knoll  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Mrs.  Clarke's  present  prem- 
ises. The  house  on  College  Avenue,  two  doors  east  of  the  modern  Martha 
Wood  Cottage,  was  erected  about  1SJ6  by  Father  Loomis,  and  has  since 
been  occupied  by  his  descendants,  until  the  summer  of  1897,  when  his 
daughter,  our  beloved  "Grandma  Edwards,"  passed  to  her  reward  at  the 
age  of  eighty-eight.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  Upper  Alton.  The 
old  Bostwick  estate  (afterward  Kendall  Place),  now  the  property  of  the 
Western  Military  Academy,  and  the  old  Chouteau  place,  occupied  by  Mr. 
A.  H.  Mills,  are  also  familiar  landmarks  of  half  a  century  ago.  The  long 
stone  house  on  the  south  side  of  College  Avenue,  one  block  west  of  the 
College  grounds;  the  two-story  frame  opposite  on  the  north,  afterward  the 
home  of  President  Read;  the  old  Clawson  house  where  Mr.  George  Levis 
now  lives,  and  Mrs.  Batchelder's  residence  opposite  (then  the  Presbyterian 
parsonage) — have  all  witnessed  the  passing  of  two  generations.  Other 
relics  of  "ye  olden  tyme  "  are  the  old  Capt.  Little  property  near  Dr. 
James'  home  in  the  north  end  of  town,  and  the  house  just  north  of  Rev. 
Jas.  Osborn's  in  Salu,  where  'Squire  Randall  and  his  fair  daughter  Peachy 
lived.  "  Father  Rodgers'  "  brick  house,  just  west  of  the  Chicago  &  Alton 
"cut  off,"  gave  place  but  a  few  years  since  to  the  elegant  residence  of  his 
son,  Col.  A.  F.  Rodgers,  the  present  Mayor  of  Upper  Alton.  Others  of 
these  old  houses  are  to-day  little  more  than  crumbling  ruins,  or  have  been 
replaced  by  modern  dwellings. 

"Hibbard's  Oftice"  was  one  of  the  various  interesting  rooming-places 
for  the  students  of  the  later  '40s.  It  was  situated  but  a  short  distance  from 
the  College,  and  contained  two  rooms,  hi  one  of  these  S.  G.  Russell, 
Justus  Bulkley,  Grant  Israel  and  Fountain  Jones  all  studied  together,  and 
in  the  other  they  all  slept.      We   note  that  John   Freeman  and   chum   hung 


out  tor  ;i  whilf  at  "T\w  Holt*  in  the  Wall" — this  Ix-iiiy  tin-  tainiliar  to^mi- 
meii  of  a  room  in  tlu'  basmient  of  tlu-  "Coik-m'  Buiklinu"  or  iJormitory. 

The    iokrs    in    wiiirii    tlu'St.-  old    stikk-nts    si'ini-o«.\asionall\'   in- 
PlCilsiruj     diil^iJ    1\\-    wi\-    of    necessary    relaxation,    were    of   c(»iirse    in 
Pr«inK$.     harmony  with   tlu-ir  toilsome,   striiimliniz  sort  of  life,  and  there- 
fore intensely  practical.      "Ye  smoothe  manne"  was  sometimes 
met   with,    despite   the   spirit   of  the   a^ie,   and    amonjz   the    innocent   little 
pastimes  in  which  he  indulged  we  may  mention  that  of  placing  rails  across 
the  pathways  the  Professors  would  have  to  tread  on  dark-  nights;    arran^in^ 
buckets  of  water  o\er  the  outside  of  the  class-room  door  so  that  said  buckets 
would  pour  out  their  contents  upon  the  devoted  head  of  the   first  one  who 
opened  the  door;   or  buildinjz  a  sort  of  abattis  outside  the  door  so  as  to  keep  it 
closed.      "The  Swashay  Order  of  the  Double  Ninety-Nines"  is  the  signifi- 
cant appellation  of  an  early  secret  society  of  which  our  Archa-oloyical  Hditor 
has  succeeded  in  excax'atin^z  a  few  traces.      Tradition  has  it  that  the  initia- 
tory rites  were  a  trifle  rough — or  might  be  so  considered  at  the  present  day. 
In   the   spring  of    1846,    when   war   was   declared  with   Mexico, 
Peck's      several  of  our   brave  Shurtleff  lads  were  of  course  eager  for  the 
Bad  Boy.    fray,  not  to  say  thirsting  for  Mexican  gore.      Dr.  John  M.  Peck's 
"bad  boy"  Henry  was  among  this  number,   and  on  one  bright 
sunny  afternoon  in  May  he  played  hookey  and  went  down  tit  Lower  Alton, 
which  was  the  rendezvous  of  the  Illinois  troops  bound  for  the  scene  of  con- 
flict.     This  occurred   on    Fridav'.      The    next  day  our  youthful   hero  \'oIini- 
teered,  and  had  bren  quietly  (.Irilling  with  the  soldii-rs  for  eight  or  nine  days 
when  paterfcunilias  put  in  an  appearance  and  drily  remarked,  as  he  collared 
the  ardent  young  patriot:    "  \n\\  may  go  to  Mexico,  but  it  will  be  to  Mexic(» 
on  the  farm."      He  went. 

The  character  of  our  old  friend-  John  M.  F'eck,  founder  of  Rock  Spring 
Seminary,  whence  Shurtleff  sprang,  is  oni'  that  stands  out  in  particularl\- 
b  )ld  relief.  Like  Paul,  he  was  apostk'  to  the  (lentiles  (of  modern  times), 
and  as  the  forerunner  of  Shurtleff  College,  with  all  her  hallowi-d  influence, 
a  veritable  John  the  Baptist  up-to-date.  Tall,  athletic,  bright-e\ed,  ver\- 
energetic  in  speech  and  manner,  he  was  a  marxc-l  of  strength  and  enilur- 
ance,  a  pioneer  of  the  pioneers,  possessing  implicit  faith  in  (iod,  fearless 
self-reliance,  and  an  absolutely  iinincible  will,  so  that  his  \er\'  presence 
was  a  recognized  power  and  inspir.ition  among  men.  When  addressing  the 
Illinois   Baptist  Cimeral   Assmiation,   or  other  august   body,   John  M.  Pi'ck 


mi^lit  be  runjj;  down  repeatedly,  but  lie  never  failed  to  keep  the  floor  until 
he  had  presented  his  cause  and  finished  his  speech,  however  long  it  might 
be.  Such  men  are  the  rocks  upon  which  God  builds  theological  seminaries 
and  colleges.  When  Peck  was  making  preparations  to  establish  the  first 
high-grade  institution  of  learning  in  the  West,  none  more  firmly  than  him- 
self believed  that  the  desired  result  would  be  accomplished,  and  the  chips 
which  flew  from  that  immortal  tree  he  felled  on  the  spot  where  Rock  Spring 
Seminary  was  built,  were  like  brands  of  fire,  kindling  the  whole  region  into 
an  educational  blaze.  McKendree,  Illinois,  and  other  colleges  even  farther 
away,  owe  their  origin  directly  to  the  founding  of  Rock  Spring  Seminary, 
and  the  resistless  energy  and  unconquerable  determination  of  that  mas- 
ter-spirit "who  has  done  more  to  mould  the  character  not  only  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  but  of  the  great  Mississippi  Valley,  than  any  other  man  who  ever 
lived."  The  sparks  struck  off  from  such  souls  burn  on  forever.  Well  does 
his  "Memoir"  close  with  the  words,  "5/  inoininieiiiiiiii  Qitivris,  ciniinispice." 
Another  of  these  old-school  types — mi'n  of  sterling  worth  and  free  from 
fancy-work — was  "Father  Loomis,"  whose  likeness  appears  in  one  of  our 
plates  of  Honorary  Members.  He  was  a  splendid  old  gentleman — plain, 
frank,  strong,  original,  practical,  consecrated  to  God  and  never  faltering  at 
the  call  of  duty.  One  of  the  earliest  members  of  our  Society  wrote  us 
recently:  "About  forty  of  us  boys  took  our  meals  with  old  Father  Loomis. 
With  eagle  eye  he  would  scan  the  table  and  then  repeat  the  following, 
which  is  always  fresh  in  my  memory:  'Indulgent  Father,  we  are  thankful 
for  the  opportunity  of  surrounding  this  table  of  comforts.  Bless  the  food 
prepared  for  our  use,  pardon  all  our  past  sins,  and  receive  us  into  Thy 
hands;  for  Christ's  sake.  Amen.'  Then  there  was  a  general  rush,  and 
always  plenty  of  food,  but  it  would  have  been  hard  to  gather  up  'seven 
baskets  full'  afterward." 

The    old    pioneers    of    these    far    distant    days — Peck',    Going, 

bdlicnlioil    Rodgers,  Loomis,  Edwards  and  the'  Leveretts — were  strong  and 

ns   it       godly    men,    of    firm   faith,    indomitable  energy   and   dauntless 

liniS  Ibcil.   courage.     Life  was  a  far  more  serious   matter   then   than   now, 

and  a  liberal  education  in  the  youthful  days  of  Dr.  Samuel  Baker, 
Gen.  John  M.  Palmer,'  Rev.  Noah  Flood,'  Hon.  Nathan  Cole,  Dr.  Justus 
Bulkley,  Col.  A.  F.   Rodgers  and   the   Sherwoods,   cost   hard    and   grinding 

1  Gen.  Palmer,  while  a  youth  attending  Alton  Seminary  in  the   '30s.  supinirted   himself  by  means  of  a 
small  cooper  shop  which  he  and  a  Mr.  Randle  operated  near  the  Institution. 

2  Sufjgestive  name  for  an  old-timer. 


self-saciitice.  Edikation  was  worth  more  tlifii,  aiul  tlu-ii'  was  im  tiuu-  aiul 
little  inclination  for  idling,  or  slipshod,  halt-way  work  in  anything:  under- 
taken. "M)/  /()  si't'iii,  but  to  /v,"  was  the  motto  in  every  day  life.  Money 
was  not  usually  obtained  by  merely  writing  honu-  for  a  ilraft  for  $25  every 
now  and  then.  They  "said  nothing,  but  sawed  wood."  In  fact,  buck-saw 
and  axe  were  commonly  included  in  the  course  at  that  time — if  not  com- 
pulsory, at  least  very  popular  electives.  Tlu-  stru^igle  for  existence  made 
the  survival  of  the  fittest  the  literal  rule,  and  men  were  moulded  into  hard 
stern  stuff  indeed. 

Amid  such  settings  the  embryonic  Alpha  Zeta  Society  was  nourished, 
and  as  it  tjrew  from  strength  to  strenjjth  it  assumed  somewhat  larger  pro- 
portions, and  became  more  generally  recognized  as  a  powerful  factor  in 
Shurtleff  College  affairs.  The  spirit  of  truth-seeking  in  which  the  College 
and  Society  were  founded,  is  irresistible,  and  in  earnest,  manly,  whole- 
souled  consecration  the  truth  was  sought  and  founel. 

The  first  public  meeting  of  which  we  have  accurate  record  was  held 
March  28,  1845,  the  exercises  being  substantially  the  same  as  at  the  prix-ate 
meetings — debate,  essays,  orations,  etc.  On  May  8,  1846,  Justus  Bulkle\' 
and  S.  S.  Gilbert  were  appointed  a  committee  to  select  a  new  name  for  the 
Society.  At  the  next  meeting  the  name  '' Philoniatlienn''  (Hager  for  Knowl- 
edge) was  chosen. 

The  meetings  in  these  very  early  days  were  held  on  Friday  evenings, 
as  has  been  the  custom  ever  since.  On  Commencenn-nt  occasions  the 
Society  was  addressed  by  distinguisiied  speakers  from  abroad.  This  is 
another  custom  which  has  been  handed  down  to  the  presi-nt  time.  Hon. 
O.  H.  Browning,  of  Quincy,  was  the  orator  in  1847. 


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CHAPTER   II. 
HAKLY    HISTORY.      (TO  THE  AUTUMN  OF   1856.) 

A  T  the  beginning  of  the  college-year  l<S48-49  the  Philomathean  Society 
^  cf)mprised  about  fifteen  members  in  all.  At  tiiis  time,  some  of  the 
more  ambitious  and  enterprising  spirits,  desiring  to  raise  the  Society  to  a 
higher  grade  of  usefulness  and  widen  the  horizon  of  their  mental  vision, 
con:luded  that  the  initiation  and  quarterly  fees  should  be  increased,  in  order 
to  have  funds  sufficient  to  establish  a  reading-room  and  subscribe  for  quite 
a  number  of  newspapers  and  periodicals.  With  this  end  in 
Che  \'iew,  John  Trible  put  through  a  motion  at  the  regular  meeting 
Birlb  Ol'  nf  September  2'),  tfiat  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  so 
/llpbil  Zclil.  amend  tlu'  by-laws  as  to  materially  increase  the  income  from 
fees.  The  committee  consisted  of  John  Trible,  S.  (j.  Russell 
and  Albert  J.  Metcalf,  and  was  instructed  to  report  at  the  next  meeting. 
These  three  accordingly  met  in  S.  G.  Russell's  room  soon  afterward,  and 
after  a  heated  discussion  made  out  their  report,  raising  the  initiation  fee  to 
one  dcjllar  and  the  quarterly  fee  to  fifty  cents.  At  the  next  meeting  of  the 
Philomathean,  October  6,  the  conuuittee's  report  was  met  with  a  tempest 
of  objections,  and  after  a  very  animated  and  bitter  discussion  was  rejected 
by  a  considerable  majority.  Thert'upon  the  members  of  this  committee, 
together  with  Samuel  M.  Brown,  Jesse  (j.  W.  Palmer  and  William  L. 
Rodgers,  determined  to  secede  from  the  Society  and  form  a  new  one.  They 
immediately  proceeded  to  John  Trible's  room  (northeast  corner  of  the  second 
floor  of  the  Dormitory)  antl  appointed  John  Trible,  S.  M.  Brown  and  A.  J. 
Metcalf  a  committee  to  draw  up  a  constitution  and  by-laws  for  a  new  so- 
ciety, while  S.  Cj.  Russell  and  S.  M.  Brown  were  to  present  a  suitable  name 
for  it.  At  a  meeting  of  the  above  six  men  on  the  next  Friday  evening, 
October  13,  1848,  our  Society  was  born,  the  new  constitution  and  by- 
laws being  reported  and   adopted,  officers  elected,   and   the   name    "ALPHA 


KH\'.     I-.KASTUS    .\I)KINS,     D.I). 

fro/rssiir  „f  Ondorv.    Nli<li>n\    nii,i  lUIUs    /rt/ns.    iS./j-iSjO 


Zeta  Society  of  shurtleff  College"  chosen,  whicii  title  it  has 

borne  ever  since,  and    under  which   it  was  incorporated  in   accordance  witli 
the  laws  ot  Illinois  on  the  twentieth  of  April,  1<S67.' 

rile  name  was  suggested  by  Rev.  Hrastus  Adkins,  D.D.,  who 
the  name      had  lately  become  connected  with  the  College  as  Professor  of 
tind  Its        Oratory,    Rhetoric    and   Belles   Lettres.       The    Greek   letters 
$KUlil'iCiincc.    "Alpha"    and    "Zc-ta"    are   the    initials   of    the    two    words, 
ALETHEIAS     ZETETAi,    signifying    "Seekers    after    Truth." 
Prof.  Adkins,  from  tlu'  very  first,  took  a  most  friendly  and  lively  interest 
in  Alpha  Zeta,   and  very  materially  assisted  in  our  growth  and  develop- 
ment, being  always  ready  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  Society  in  every 
possible  way,  and  during  his  entire  connection  with  Shurtleff  remaining  our 
stanch  friend  and  trusted  counselor.     He  was  a  glorious  old  man.  always 
sober,    earnest   and  thoughtful — always  with  the  best   interests   of    all   at 
heart.     Not  only  did  the  Alpha   Zeta  Society  and  his  particular  department 
of  instruction  feel  the  uplifting  impress  of  his  spirit,  but  the  entire  College 
and   community  were   blessed   by  his   benignant   inthuMice.     We   are   very 
fortunate'  in   being  able  to  present  our  readers  with  an   excellent   full-page 
engraving  of  this  magnificent  old  gentleman. 

The  Alpha  Zeta  Society,  now  full-fledged,  obtained  permission 
IPcctiHij     of  the  Faculty  to  meet  regularly  in  Prof.  Adkins'  recitation-room, 
Place.       No.  21,^  in  the  northwest  section  of  the  second  story  of  tlu'  Dor- 
mitory, and  also  to  have  and  to  hold  as  a  reading-room  the  room 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  first  floor.     It  was   resf)lved  by  the   Society 
that  the  name,  all  except  the  initials  A.  Z..  should  be  kept  secret,  and  none 
but  members  admitted  to  the  meetings,   curiosity  to  know  more  being  thus 
aroused  and  membership  stimulated.      This  secrec\'  only  lasted  about  three 
months,^     Bight  or  ten  members  altogether  constituted  the  nucleus  of  the 
Society.     We   are   unable  to    ascertain   positively  the   names   of  (///  these 
charter   members.      Spencer   G.    Russell    was   the   first   presiilent,    W.    L. 
Rodgers  being  vice-president,  John  Trible   secretary  and  treasurer,  and  J. 

1  We  beg  to  say,  .is  the  lolleii  pillais  ot  liaditioii  crash  about  our  beads,  that  the  above  iiicounl  of  the 
inception  of  oui  Society  is  written  only  after  most  careful  consideration,  cxbaiislive  research  and  extended 
cOHiinunication  with  the  old  survivors  ot  this  period.  It  follows  quite  closely  the  recoid  of  the  atlaii 
gleaned  from  an  old  diary  (recently  unearthed^  kept  at  the  time  by  Sp(!ncer  G.  Russell,  first  President  of  the 
Alpha  Zeta  Society  of  Shurtletl  ColleKC. 

2  This  was  a  double  room. 

3  Fortunate  that  this  tendency  was  nippid  in  tlu'  bud.  else  the  baculty  minlit  li.ive  had  a  fullblown 
Greek  letter  frat  on  tlieir  bands  llion  and  there  '.     ( ).  iii\  ' 


G.  W.  Palmer  librarian.  The  meetinjjs  were  held  on  Friday  evenings  at 
7:30.  The  first  question  selected  for  debate  was,  "Resolved,  that  there 
is  more  pleasure  in  pursuit  than  possession.'"  The  Alpha  Zeta  Society 
had  come  to  stay,  and  excellent  staying  material  she  possessed.  Soon  the 
arjionauts  of  '49  were  gaining  hundreds  of  recruits  to  their  ranks  every  day, 
and  Asiatic  cholera  in  all  its  horror  was  stalking  through  the  land.  But  in 
spite  of  such  distracting  and  depleting  influences  during  the  first  few  years 
of  her  life,  we  of  to-day  rejoice  in  the  fact  that  the  magnificent  banner  of 
Alpha  Zeta  was  ever  borne  through  thick  and  thin,  gloriously  onward!  Her 
vigorous  life  soon  manifested  itself  in  various  improvements  upon  the  former 
order  of  things.  The  Philomathean  Society  continued  in  existence  for  a 
time,  but  soon  died  out,  Alpha  Zeta's  membership  and  activity  increasing 
accordingly. 

The  money  raised  by  the  initiation   and  term  fees  was  used  in 

Tir$l        defraying  the  current  expenses  of  the  Society,  and  the  surplus, 
Rcadinij-    together    with  the  numificent   donation   of  John  Trible,  devoted 

Room,  to  fitting  up  the  Reading-room  and  equipping  it  with  the  leading 
reviews  and  periodicals  of  the  day — the  four  Oiiartei'lv  Reviews, 
Blacku'ooifs  Ma^i>a;iin\  S/.  Louis  Mas^aiine,  etc.  Quite  a  number  of  news- 
papers were  donated  by  their  editors,  and  a  few  books,  including  a 
Webster's  Unabridged  hictionary,  by  other  friends  of  the  new  Society. 
This  Reading-room  (as  the  College  had  not  yet  established  one)  was  a 
great  boon  to  the  students,  and  they  availed  themselves  of  its  privileges 
with  a  very  high  sense  of  appreciation.  The  contents  of  the  books,  papers 
and  magazines  were  eagerly  devoured  and  carefully  assimilated.  Although 
very  much  absorbed  in  their  college  work,  the  old  boys  always  took  a  keen 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  day,  as  we  note  from  the  subjects  of  their 
debates.  The  old  Reading-room,  as  has  been  stated,  was  in  the  southwest 
corner  of  the  first  floor  of  the  Dormitory — the  present  location  of  Alpha 
Zeta  Hall.  Only  one  room  was  used,  however,  whereas  we  now  have  the 
four  thrown   into  one. 

Nobly  did  the  oki  boys  work  to  build  up  and  improve  our  Society 

John       and  increase  her  facilities,   yet  we  must  in  justice   say  that  to 

Triblc.      Joliu  Trible  more  than  any  one  else  belongs  the  honor  of  organ- 
izing and  promoting  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  of  Shurtleff  College. 
Years  afterward  when  the  call  came  he   "went  forth  in  the  high  noon  of  his 

I   Siiicii  becoiiio  a  staiul.ird  ihciue  aiiiniiK  lilerary  societies  and  debating  clubs,  and  slill  in  dispnte. 

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manliood  to  battk'  tnr  \Uv  laiul  o|  liis  adoplioii,  ami  imw  lilK  ;in  lioiiort'd 
soldier's  Liraxc."  Ht-  was  oiu'  ni  tlu-  most  slioiiir-snukJ  ainl  inauiianiinoiis 
of  men,  and  it  is  a  matter  nt  re^irl  that  we  Ikim-  laiUd  to  st\ m'e  a  lik'eiiess 
of  him  for  this  volume. 

These  days  nl   the  later  '40s  and  iaii\-  'SOs  saw  many  a  nnhk- 

ProminciU     \-oun.L^  man  in   Alpha   Zeta-sueli    as   Wm.    L.    Kod^i-is,    "the 
Pioneer        denial,  jo\  ial  ^  Dnii  adi'  and  model  elassmatc.  who  difd  at  Collejze 

n)cmbcrs.  whiU-  his  ambition  was  boundless  and  his  hopes  hi».'h,''  of 
whom  anntlua'  wiiti-s:  "I  eonsidt-r  him  tlu-  most  takaiteil 
member  duiin^  my  Loniu-Ltion  with  the  Society.  He  was  a  natural  orator, 
and  whichexer  side  in  debate  he  was  on  was  jJeneially  sueeessful."  ( ieorj^t' 
1.  Newell  was  another  prominent  membt-r.  n\  whom  one  of  oiu'  Si'\entieth 
Commencement  orators  said:  "I  donbt  it  anmnu  thdsr  ix-pairin^i  to  these 
classic  haunts  in  more  recent  yeais  thni'  ha\e  ix-cn  any  who  could  throw 
o\'er  an  audience  the  sprll — as  pntfut  as  it  is  mysterious — of  jit-nuinc  ora- 
tory with  a  more  consummate  effect  than  that  wrouaht  a^iain  aiiil  aiiain, 
and  with  perfect  ease,  by  Cjeor^e  1.  Newell,  him  ot  the  L'olden  mouth." 
These  too  were  the  days  of  Capt.  Henry  S.  Spauldiny,  another  who  luui^ht 
.gallantly  for  tlu-  vindication  of  the  principle  ol  human  libert\-.  the  bravest 
and  truest  of  soldiers;  Spencer  (i.  Russell,  tor  many  yi-ars  a  lawyer,  still 
li\'in<^  at  an  advanced  a^^e  at  Bluffdale,  111.,  calml\-  nestled  in  that  beautiful 
spot  amid  his  books;  Capt.  C.  A.  Peasf,  ol  Sprintitiekl.  Ilk,  anotlu-r  oki 
survivor  who  still  recalls  most  vividly  and  pleasantly  his  school  days  at 
dear  old  Shurtleff ;  Dr.  J.  B.  Jackson,  of  Chica.y[o,  who  has  lony  aiul  nobly 
upheld  the  banner  of  the  Cross  in  that  city;  Kew  (i.  A.  Pease,  the  Fields, 
the  Randolphs,  the  Kays,  the  Leveretts,  l.awton,  Mize,  Moore  and  many 
others.  Days  of  iiood  earnest  work  thev  were,  when  these  younji  men, 
now  old — aye,  many  of  them  lono;  since  dead — were  tired  with  fervent 
ambition  to  lead  the  march  of  progress.  Believing  it  profitable  and  inter- 
esting to  our  readers,  we  give  below,  almost  in  its  eiitiretx'.  a  letter 
received  from  Capt.  Pease,  now  aged  and  crippled,  but  as  true  and  lo\-al 
an  Alpha  Zetan  to-day  as  any  of  us: 

Si'uiNcvKiKi.i),  111  ,  April  I  <.   1897. 
\l\  Dear  Old  .\i.piia  Zkta  Society: 

Confined  to  my  room  by  a  stroke  of  par.ilysis  (iftccn  nioiitlis  sincf  wliicii  has 
left  me  permanently  afflicted  and  with  failinfj  health,  how  my  heart  rejoiced  on  receiving 
your  circular,  and  swelled  with  the  dear  and  sweet  recollections  of  my  college  days  !  The 
only  days  I  spent  in  school  were  in  Hpper  Alton;  first  in  the  old  brick  school  iioiise,  then   in 

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the  old  Academy  building — afterward  the  preparatory  department  and  Chapel.  Father 
Loomis  was  my  teacher  there.  I  saw  the  first  brick  laid  in  the  present  but  now  old  College 
Building. 

After  ten  years'  absence  I  returned  to  my  loved  school  life  at  Shurtleff.  I  at  once  joined 
the  Alpha  Zeta  Society,  and  took  a  \ery  active  part  in  its  work  and  welfare.  Once  more,  as 
a  recollection  of  yesterday,  I  am  sitting  in  our  Hall,  and  see  around  me  many  dearly  loved 
faces — all  eager  to  engage  in  forensic  struggles.  We  were  equals  there,  marked  by  strong 
individualities.  It  was  true  of  us  that  "when  Greek  meets  Greek,  then  comes  the  tug  of 
war." 

With  my  own  hands  I  helped  fit  up  the  old  reading-room  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the 
lower  floor,  and  also  the  debating  room  northwest  corner  of  the  fourth  floor,  made  by 
throwing  three  rooms  into  one.  I  wonder  if  any  of  the  old  arm  chairs  which  I  helped  pur- 
chase and  carry  to  the  room  are  still  there  !  I  suppose  not,  but  the  sight  of  one  of  them 
would  do  my  old  eyes  good. 

Well  do  I  remember  two  scenes,  one  in  the  Hall  and  the  other  in  the  Reading-room. 

1.  We  were  one  night  arranging  for  the  periodicals  for  another  year.  Perhaps  not 
wisely,  I  strongly  advocated,  almost  alone,  the  continuation  of  our  subscriptions  for  the 
British  quarterlies  and  the  best  of  American  monthlies.  Others  urged  in  their  stead  lighter 
reading.  To  my  surprise  I  won,  and  I  presume  that  those  quarterlies  and  others  which,  as 
librarian,  I  carried  from  the  office  and  spread  with  loving  hands  on  the  tables  of  the  Reading- 
room,  are  now  bound  volumes  in  your  library.  If  I  remember  rightly,  some  of  the  first 
were  bound  before  I  left  College. 

2.  On  the  eve  of  the  Presidential  election  of  1852  several  of  us  boys  were  gathered  in 
the  Reading-room  engaged  in  conversation.  I  made  this  remark:  "Boys,  I  shall  vote  to- 
morrow for  Scott.  This  election  means  little,  but  four  years  from  to-day  probably — and  at 
the  farthest  eight  from  now — the  only  question  will  be  slavery.  The  triumph  of  the  anti- 
slavery  cmdidate  will  result  in  a  war  between  the  North  and  the  South.  That  war  will  be 
the  greatest  and  bloodiest  on  record,  for  the  South  will  never  give  up  their  slaves  until  they 
have  spent  the  full  value  of  their  slaves  in  defense  of  the  institution;  and  I  expect  to  be  in 
that  war  "  These  words  I  well  remember;  for  the  war  came — "much  of  which  I  saw,  a 
part  of  which  I  was."  For  over  three  years  I  carried  a  commission  in  a  regiment  always  at 
the  front.  The  whistling  of  the  bullets  and  the  screeching  and  bursting  of  shells  above  and 
around  me  at  Island  No.  11,  the  siege  of  Corinth,  luka,  the  battle  of  Corinth,  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg,  the  siege  of  Jackson,  Miss,  the  battle  of  Missionary  Ridge,  the  battles  on  our 
advance  and  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  still  ring  in  my  ears.  I  came  home  broken  in  health  and 
carrying,  I  doubt  not,  the  seeds  of  the  disease  which  has  culminated  in  my  present  affliction* 
I  have  never  regretted  my  soldier  life.      I  did  what  I  thought  was  my  duty. 

Two  other  memorable  scenes  rise  before  me  as  I  look  back  to  my  association  with  the 
dear  old  A.  Z.  boys.  A  number  of  us  one  day  gathered  in  the  hall  and  administered  to  each 
other  what  was  then  called  "laughing  gas."  The  effect  on  each  was  different.  Some 
fell  to  the  floor  senseless  and  motionless.  Some  were  made  wild  and  crazy  and  ran  through 
the  halls  and  out  on  the  campus  like  maniacs.  I  can  see  Russell  now  as  he  threw  his  arms 
around  an  oak  tree  (then  small)  just  north  of  the  building,  clasping  it  to  his  breast,  calling  it 
his  dear  sweetheart  and  covering  its  rough  bark  with  kisses.     Others  did  equally  foolish  but 

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PKHSIhHNTS'    (iKOUP   NO.    1. 


1.  *Geo.  I.  Newell.    47. 

2.  *Saml.  S.  Gilbert.   43. 
V  John  B.  Jackson,  "49. 


4.  Orson  L.  Harlei.  '47. 

5.  Benj.  S.  Fieeinaii,  '44. 

6.  Calvin  A.  Pease,  '50. 


*/h: 


-.   Jas.  \V.  I.eveiilt,    ji>. 
S.  *Ebene/er  Kodgers,  '5^. 
y.   Horace  J.  Looniis,  '49. 


laughable  things.  An  hdur  or  S(i  restorerl  all  in  their  ncirm.il  condition  The  experiment 
was  not  repeated. 

The  other  scene  was  remarkable  and  seemingly  impossible,  but  it  was  a  fact  About 
eight  of  us  (the  A  7.  boys  were  always  together,)  met  in  the  room  of  one  of  the  boys  one 
night  and  were  conversing  about  the  strange  phenomena  attending  circles  formed  with 
clasped  hands— a  new  thing  then.  It  was  proposed  that  we  try  a  circle.  About  six  of  us 
seated  ourselves  around  a  light  table,  clasped  our  hands  togetlier  making  a  complete  circle, 
and  then  in  perfect  silence  fixed  our  eyes  on  a  coin  placed  in  the  center  of  the  table.  Soon 
the  table  began  to  tip,  and  just  afthat  moment  |olm  \'>  Jackson,  who  stood  outside  the 
circle  witching  us  closelv,  ami  who  w.is  ;i  bundle  ot  nerves,  suddenly  rose  to  his  tiptoes, 
stretched  his  right  hand  upward  to  its  fullest  extent,  and,  with  a  far-away,  ecstatic  look, 
exclaimed  in  apathetic  voice,  "O,  I  am  so  happy,"  with  a  long  drawn  intonation  on  the  last 
two  words.  I  can  see  and  hear  him  as  f  write — as  though  it  were  last  night  instead  of  neaily 
forty-five  years  ago.  Young  Sherwood,  whose  hands  had  tipped  the  table  unconsciously, 
suddenly  rose  to  his  feet  with  a  fixed,  vacant  stare  and  fell  back  on  the  bed  behind  him, 
rigid,  senseless  and  motionless  ('harles  Kay  rushed  from  the  room  into  the  hall  and  com- 
menced running  its  full  length,  leaping  high  and  declaiming.  As  1  stepped  to  the  door  I 
heard  one  of  his  sentences  which  I  well  remember — spoken  in  a  loud,  clear  voire.  It  was; 
"As  I  look  down  the  long  vista  of  time  to  the  days  I  spent  in  Old  Shurtleft,  1  remember  how 
little  they  appreciated  me  then."  Others  were  differently  affected,  but  in  a  less  degree 
Although  one  of  the  circle,  I  was  in  no  way  affected  or  excited,  myself.  In  a  short  time 
Sherwood  returned  to  a  normal  stale  The  others  got  Kay  into  his  room,  and  I  found  them 
almost  as  much  excited  as  he  was,  struggling  with  him  as  he  rushed  around  the  room  and 
tried  to  throw  himself  from  the  open  window  I  told  them  that  ipiiet  was  what  he  needed, 
and  requested  all  of  them  to  leave  the  room.  Locking  the  door,  I  drew  him  gently  to  a  seat 
on  thssids  of  hii  bed  bsside  me,  and  placing  one  arm  upon  his  shoulder  and  taking  his  hand 
in  the  other,  commenced  a  quiet  conver.sation  with  him,  and  in  the  course  of  half  an  hour  he 
wa€  rational  enough  to  be  gotten  to  bed.  I  don't  think  he  had  the  slightest  recollection  of 
what  he  had  done.  The  next  morning  all  seemed  right  except  Jackson,  who  was  still  nervous 
and  unable  to  entirely  control  himself — though  in  a  day  or  two  he  was  all  right.  We  had 
formed  circles  a  few  times  before,  with  slight  results,  but  this  was  enough.  No  more  circles 
w'ere  formed.  So  far  as  I  know,  it  was  never  alluded  to.  We  were  content  to  go  back  to 
Cicero,  Euclid  and  I'lato,  and  leave  such  startling  and  mysterious  things  to  others. 

.\giin  I  am  on  the  College  green  engaged  in  athletic  sports,  or  on  Saturdays  we  are 
wandering  together  through  the  then  almost  unbroken  forest  on  Wood  River  in  search  of 
wild  nuts  and  fruits  which  were  found  in  abundance  ;  or  going  south  through  the  swampy 
woods  which  then  reached  unbroken  from  Shields'  Branch  to  Wood  River  and  from  the 
bluff  to  the  rivers  bank.  All  this  tract  was  sombre  from  its  dense  mass  of  gigantic  trees, 
and  full  of  wild  animals  of  many  kinds.  .\t  length  we  reached  the  Father  of  Wafers,  in 
which  we  bathed  and  fished  to  our  hearts'  content. 

Often  the  village  girls,  and  the  pupils  of  Prof.  Kimb.'dl's  I'emale  .\cademy  in  the  old 
Bostwick  House,  would  crowd  our  Hall  to  hear  our  debates,  orations  and  essays.  Their 
presence  had  the  same  effect  on  us  as  had  that  of  the  ladies  of  old  who  surrounded  the  lists, 
upon  the  knights  who  engaged  in  mortal  strife  on  the  tented  field 

.\g;iin    I   rim   onre  more   in   the  ( )ld   Stone  Church  on  a  Sabb.ith  morning,  .mil,  looking 

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around,  see  in  their  stitt-backed  pews  Deacons  Greene,  Dodge,  Smith,  the  sainted  Father 
Elwell — the  dearest,  truest  friend  and  confidant  of  all  the  College  boys, — Father  Lo.omis, 
Father  Rodgers,  I'rofessors  Washington  and  Warren  Leverett  ;  tall,  angular,  near-sighted, 
scholarly  Adkins,  sweet  singing  Castle  and  dear  old  Dr.  Bulkley  ;  of  all  who  come  before 
my  vision  I  believe  he  is  the  only  one  remaining  outside  the  golden  gates.  I  well  remember 
his  first  coming  to  Shurtleff  as  Professor  of  Mathematics,  and  how  we  together  worked  hard 
over  problems  in  trigonometry  and  surveying,  more  like  brothers  than  as  teacher  and  pupil. 
Of  course  he  will  remember  the  names  and  incidents  I  have  mentioned  as  none  of  your 
present  members  can. 

God  grant  that  when.  Brothers  and  Sisters,  your  heads  are  silvered  for  the  grave,  your 
recollections  of  what  is  passing  among  you  now  may  be  as  clear  and  sweet  as  are  my  recol- 
lections of  college  days.  Personal  difficulties  and  unpleasant  events  may  have  happened 
then.  They  are  forgotten,  and  only  the  brightest,  dearest  pictures  pass  before  my  mental 
vision.      May  it  be  the  same  to  you. 

Fraternally  and  affectionately  your  friend, 

CALVIN    A.    PEASE. 

The  first  Annual  Exhibition  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  was  held  on 
Friday  evening,  March  21,  1851,'  the  program  of  which  we  are  very  glad  to 
be  able  to  present  below  verbatim,  a  genuine  printed  copy  having  been 
furnished  us  by  one  of  tiiese  old-time  members: 

I.  Prayer 
Music. 
Prologue,  -  -  -  . 

3.  Essay,  "Tobacco," 

4.  Oration,   "Perverted  Talent," 
Mrsir. 

Essay,   "The  Door-keeper's  Soliloquy,' 
Oration,  "Talent  Developed  by  Application." 

J.  C.  Crowder,  Liberty  Prairie 
Essay,   "Influence  of  Speculative  Minds,"  -  C  M.  Kay,   Payson 

Forensic  Discussion,  "Would  the  United  States  be  justifiable  in  making  a 
grant  of  land  to  the  Hungarian  Refugees?" 

G.  L.  Griswold,  Brighton 
J.  E.  Moore,  Canton 
Oration,   "Advantages  and  Character  of  the  West,"         J.  R.  Kay,  Payson 
Music. 
Oration,  "Characters  of  Howard  and  Napoleon  Contrasted," 

O.  L.  Barler,  Washington 
Essay,  "The  Prairies,"  -  -  -         C.  A.  Pease,  Jersey ville 


Even  Cunningham,  Brighton2 
G.  W.  S.  Bell,  Petersburg^ 
G.  I.  Newell,  Upper  Alton 

S.  M.  Brown,  Mendon 


1  At  this  date  there  were  aboiU  twenty  niembers  in  the  Society. 

2  We  are  unable  to  state  positively  whether  or  not  members  from  abroad  were  known  as  "Gentleman 
from  Brighton,"  "Gentleman  from  Petersburg,"  etc.,  (according  to  the  amusing  custom  in  the  negro  colleges 
of  the  South)  but  the  above  program  seems  to  lend  some  plausibility  to  the  i(iea. 


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12.     Dialogue.  "Desperate  Case  vs.  Desperate  Means." 

S.    G     Kt  ssKi.i..    Blutldale 

nK.\MATIS  PERSON.!-;. 
Pktkr  I'lNCH,      -            -            -  G.  I.  Foster.  Kiniiykunick,  Wis. 

Rdhin  Crow,  -  -      S.  G.  Russell,  Hliitt.lalc 

Bill  Shincilk,  George  Gilbert,  I'pper  .Mttin 

Prof.  Shv,    -  -  -  -        r.  a.  Slieiwooii,  l'|i|>i-r  .Mion 

Music. 

I  V      T'resident's  .VtUlress,   "Kvery  Man  a  Debtor  to  his   Profession," 

John  Trii'.i.k,  F^iasa 
Mrsi. 

Our  Udiinitury  at  first  consisted  ot  but  two  stories.     In  tlie 

DciliCillion     vear  18.S.^,   li()\ve\t,'r,   the  two  upper  stories  were  added,   and 

of  I)CU'        soon    afterward   tiiree   rcjonis   in  tlie   nortiiwest  corner   of   the 

Tcurib   ?lcor  fourth  tlo(.)r  were,   by  request  of  the  Society,  tluown  into  cuv, 

Hdll.         fitted  up  by  members  of  the  Society,  and  occupied  for  th'j  first 

time  on  the  29th  of  December.  All  alona  during  the  fall  of 
1853  preparations  were  in  progress  towarti  the  tittino  up  of  this  new  fourth 
floor  meeting-place,  and  on  October  14th  a  committee  of  three — J.  B.  Jack- 
son, J.  K.  Kay  aiui  N.  Wilson — was  elected  "to  see  to  the  furnishing  of 
the  new  hall  and  confer  with  the  M.  R.  1.  Society'  in  reference  to  the 
mutual  use  of  tlie  room."  This  Committee  on  Room  from  time  to  time 
reported  progress.  At  lengtii  on  December  23d  a  Committee  on  Arrange- 
ments reported  an  order  of  procedure  for  Thursday  evening,  December  29th, 
which  date  was  finally  decided  upon  for  special  exercises  in  dedication  of 
the  New  Hall,  H.  S.  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Alton,  having  accepted  the  invitation 
to  address  the  Society  (»n  the  occasion,  and  $28.00  from  the  "Book  Fund" 
having  been  appropriated  to  defra\-  necessary  expenses  of  the  affair.  .At 
6:30  p.m.  of  the  appointed  day  the  Society  met  in  the  New  Hall,  each 
decked  in  the  official  badge  and  his  "best  suit  of  clothes,"  and  after  the 
invocation  by  the  President  of  tlie  College,  Dr.  N.N.  Wood,  the  New  Hall 
was  formally  dedicated,  amid  bursts  of  fiery  eloquence  and  soft  strains  of 
inspiring  melod.w  The  regular  meeting  on  December  30th,  1853,  was  held 
in  the  New  Hall,  but  as  a  series  of  revival  meetings  at  the  Baptist  Church 
occurred  soon  afterward,  the  Si»ciet_\'  adjourned  its  regular  exercises  until 
February  24th. 

I    l-"oi  iiifonii;Uiiiii  logardiiiK  this  bddy,  set:  Cli.T)>t(r  111. 


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Public  Meetings  at  this  time  were  not  frequent,  but  Exhibitions, 
Sociciv  consisting  of  orations,  essays  (or  paper,)  debate,  and  sometimes 
P)ii$ic.  an  exercise  of  a  dramatic  character,  or  a  dialogue,  were  held 
regularly  about  Christmas  time.  On  these  occasions  Professor 
and  Mrs.  Kimball,  of  Wayland  Female  Seminary,'  Professor  Castle  and 
others  very  kindly  furnished  us  music.  A  few  years  later  Mrs.  Chandler, 
a  very  fine  alto,  frequently  favored  us  in  this  way,  and  a  very  popular 
quartet  was  composed  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Read,  alto,  her  sister,  Miss  Daniels, 
soprano.  Prof.  Castle,  an  exquisite  tenor,  and  A.  L.  Cole,  a  student  wlio 
possessed  a  very  deep,  rich  barytone  voice.  We  had  a  number  of  members 
in  these  days  who  were  good  singers,  such  as  R.  B.  Smith,  J.  W.  Amiss, 
J,  W.  Terry  and  C.  H.  Bristol.  A  Glee-Club,  maintained  from  year  to 
year,  was  an  important  feature  of  our  Society  life  throughout  the  '60s  and 
'70s,  as  well  as  at  xarious  times  since.  The  Philharmonic  Society  was  a 
musical  organization  of  whicli  very  little  is  known.  We  are  inclined  to  the 
belief  that  it  originated  in  tlie  fall  of  1S56.  Its  meetings  were  held  every 
Thursday  evening  "for  the  practice  of  sacred  and  secular  music." 

One  bright  Saturday  in  the  college  year  1852-53,  an  incident 

Prol".   f\.       (amusing  in   retrospect)  occurred  which  threatened  to  make  a 

V§.  serious  breach   between  the  Senior  and  Junior  classes  and  the 

PbrcnclOiJV.    Faculty.     A  phrenologist  strolled  into   the    College    grounds, 

and  our  merry  youths,  "knowing  a  good  thing,  etc.,"  met  him 

very  politely,   and  at  length  escorted  him  up  to  the  Alpha  Zeta  Hall  on  the 

fourth  floor,  where,  with  some  twenty  or  thirty  victims  to  operate  upon,   he 

proceeded  to  examine  heads   "to  a  fare-ye-well."'      In  the  midst  of  his 

character  delineations  and  interesting  revelations  from  the  book  of  destiny, 

1  This  Seminary  was  founded  upon  tlie  Bostwick  estate  by  Prof.  Kimball.  The  building  was  erected  by 
Mr.  Bostwick  about  1836,  and  was  one  of  the  most  magnificent  residences  in  the  West  at  that  time,  being 
elegantly  built  and  finished.  A  tall  fence  of  fancy  iron-work,  surmounting  a  low  stone  wall,  bounded  the 
large,  well-kept  grounds  on  the  west  side,  while  the  beautiful  "porter's  lodges,"  the  two  lofty  pillars  at  the 
main  entrance  of  the  house,  and  the  inside  furnishings— all  in  Colonial  style  and  a  reproduction  of  those  of 
the  White  House— lent  a  charming  air  of  affluence  to  the  entire  premises.  Some  years  later  this  property, 
together  with  a  tract  of  about  100  acres  adjoining,  was  purchased  by  the  late  H.  N.  Kendall,  Esq.,  one 
of  Shurtleft's  greatest  benefactors,  and  for  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Mr.  Kendall  laid  out 
the  grounds  in  elaborate  style,  and  named  his  place  "Rural  Park."  A  number  of  years  afterward  "  Rural 
Park  Seminary,  '  (S.  Adams,  principal,)  occupied  the  premises,  which,  about  1872,  became  the  property 
of  Shurtlett,  being  used  as  the  Young  Ladies' Dormitory  and  Boarding  Hall  until  1878,  when  Dr.  Edward 
Wymau  bought  the  place  and  established  Wyman  Institute,  a  home  school  for  boys,  which  contitiued  in 
operation  until  succeeded  in  1892  by  the  Western  Military  Academy  of  to-day,  under  the  able  Presidency  of 
Col.  Willis  Brown  and  his  successor,  Col.  A.  M.  Jackson. 

2  No  freaks  were  discovered,  except  the  one  that  notified  the  Professor. 

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it  occurred  to  some  one  that  the  whole  affair  iiii^iit  be  considered  somewliat 
irregular  and  it  would  perhaps  be  fully  as  well  to  notify  Prof.  Adkins  of  the 
proceedings.  Now  the  genus  phrenologist,  in  the  eyes  of  the  severely  con- 
servative and  orthodox  Professor  A.,  ranked  but  little  below  the  book-agent, 
the  green-goods  man  and  like  ungodly  monstrosities,  and  upon  hearing  the 
dire  tidings  that  this  sacriligious  crank  had  dared  invade  the  hallowed  pre- 
cincts of  Old  Shurtleff  to  exploit  his  intolerable  tomfoolery,  his  ire  was  kindled 
and  he  forthwith  hied  him  in  haste  to  the  fourth  tloor  to  disperse  the  gather- 
ing. This  he  succeeded  in  doing  most  effectually,  and  the  vials  of  his 
righteous  wrath  were  poured  forth  in  such  floods  that  his  censure  of  those 
who  participated  in  the  meeting  was  somewhat  stronger  than  the  boys  felt 
they  deserxed.  Members  of  the  higher  classes  were  chiefly  involved  in  the 
transaction,  and  they  were  considerably  aroused  and  excited,  but  through 
the  kindly  offices  of  President  Wood  the  troubled  billows  ceased  their  hea\- 
uig  and  the  affair  was  settled  satisfactorily  to  all  parties.  Tin-  phrenolo- 
gist, though  considerably  grieved,  made  good  his  escape  in  the  melee,  and 
"never  came  there  any  mf)re." 

We  learn  from  record  of  meeting  May  6th,  185,^,  that  r^'vised 
?ir$l  Rcvi$ion   Constitution  and  By-Laws  were  then  adopted.     We  find  that 
of  revisions  were  made  every  few  years  thereafter  until    18.S7, 

Constitution  when  Constitution  and  By-Laws  were  priiitt'd  as  last  revised, 
iinil  Bv-l.i1lPS.  having  been  in  vogue  thus  ever  since,  with  but  few  radical 
changes.  The  first  election  of  officers  under  the  Revised  Con- 
stitution of  Ma\-  6th.  185.^,  resulted  as  follows:  C.  A.  Pease,  presitient; 
J.  M.  Miller,  vice-president;  John  H.  Moore,  corresponding  secretary ;  N. 
Wilson,  recording  secretary  and  treasurer ;  Samuel  Bishop,  librarian.  Kay 
and  Russell  were  appointed  Hxecutixe  Committee;  Foster  and  Weeks, 
Question  Committee,  and  Lowe  and  Randolph,  Committee  on  "Ways  and 
Means.''  A  new  order  of  exercises  was  determined  upon  at  this  meeting, 
and  a  committee  appointed   to  draw  up  the  same.      Follf>wiiig  was  adopti'd: 

1.     Call  to  Order. 

1.     Iinocation. 

^.      Roll  Call. 

4.  Reading  Minutes  of  Pre\'ious  Meeting,  and  action  on  same. 

5.  Reception  of  Members. 

6.  Payment  of  Fees. 

7.  Criticism  on  fornu-r  Fssay. 

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8.  Declamation  (whenever  on  program.) 

9.  Essay,  and  Appointment  of  Critic  for  same. 

10.  Oration,  and  Appointment  of  Critic  for  same. 

11.  Reading  of  Question  and  Names  of  Disputants. 

12.  Debate. 

13.  Decision  upon  the  Debate. 

14.  Critic's  Report. 

15.  Report  of  Question  Committee,  and  Selection  of  Question. 

16.  Reports  of  Officers. 

17.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

18.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

19.  Unfinished  Business. 

20.  New  Business. 

21.  Assessment  of  Fines. 

22.  Good  of  the  Society. 

23.  Adjournment. 

There  was  no  sharp  distinction  drawn  between  the  business  and 
Thcv        literary  portions   of   the   program,   essays,  orations,   etc.,    being 
UlcrKcii     "called  for"  as  regular  orders  of  the  day,  and  "Recess"  seems  to 
Hiiril.       have  been  an  unheard-of  thing.     The  fact  is,  it  was  all  business 
— and  very  serious  business — to  the  Alpha  Zetans  of  these  ante- 
bellum  days,     it  is   observed  further  that  they   did   not   rely    much    upon 
memory  work ;   their  memories  were  strong  enough   apparently.     But   they 
went  at  their  work    "hammer  and  tongs,"  and  pounded  out  a  remarkably 
large  number  of  original  compositions,'  at  the   same  time  learning   how  to 
argue  a  question  pro  and  con,  and  to  hold  up  their  respective  sides  heroic- 
ally,    it  is  a  striking  fact  that  the   Alpha   Zetans  of  this  period   labored  as 
hard  in  the  field  of  literary  effort  as  they  ever  had  in  the  field  of  corn.     We 
of  to-day  will  do  well  to  emulate  them  in  many  particulars. 

"Improvement    in    original    composition     and    extemporaneous 
Viiricllcs    speaking"   being  the  fundamental  design  of  the  Society,  essay 
of         and   oration  on   the  one  hand  and  debate  on  the  other,  occupied 
txcrciSC.     f(jr  many  years  the  most  prominent   place  upon  our   programs — 
in  fact,  there  was  very  little  else  in   the  way  of  literary   num- 
bers— declamation,  dialogue,  dramatic  exercises,  etc.,  beingindulged  in  only 

I  We  iiidge,  however,  from  Uie  ratlier  limited  muiiber  of  tliese  vvliich  we  have  examined,  that  they  are 
on  the  wliole  scarcely  up  to  our  standard  of  to-day  in  literary  merit — which  is  of  course  not  remarkable  in 
view  of  the  difference  in  culture  between  the  two  periods. 


PRHSIDHNTS'   (iROUP   NO.  2. 


3.   Thos.    M.   r.ong, 


I.    Peter    H.    Siccnsir,).     s'l. 
'53-  4.   SpiiK  1  1    (",     Ki 

f).    I.ewis  N.   H,iiley.   '57. 


2.  G.  W.  S.   Bell.  '50. 

5-   Joliii    II     Ml 
C.  Maple,    5:: 


semi -occasionally  in  the  private  meetings.  "Debate  meetings"  and 
"essay  meetino[s"  alternated,  the  discussions  ordinarily  beinji  very  l(jn^ 
and  serious,  and  the  essays  likewise.  One  Friday  evening  there  would 
be  a  debate,  copious  criticisms  upon  it.  and  then  a  question  chosen  and 
debaters  appointed  for  two  weeks  later.'  The  next  meeting  would 
be  devoted  to  the  reading  of  essays  and  dehvery  of  orations,  appointment 
of  a  critic  on  each  production,^  reading;  of  critiques  upon  tlie  essays  and 
orations  of  last  essay  meeting,  and  appointment  of  essayists  and  orators 
(usually  two  of  each)  for  four  weeks  afterward.  At  these  meetings  if 
any  one  failed  to  fulfill  an  appointment  tlie  time  was  frequently  tilK'd  out 
with  voluntarv'  exercises,  which  were  nearly  always  extemporaneous 
speeches,  although  essays  and  orations  were  sometimes  held  in  reserve  for 
such  emergencies  and  sprung  on  the  Society  at  theauspicious  monuMit. 

Noteworthy  among  the  essayists  and  editors  of  the  Society  paper  in 
the  early  and  middle  '50s  stand  John  C.  Crowder,  lolni  H.  M(»ore,  Z.  W. 
Hobbs,  H.  L.  Field,  Dodge,  Ellis,  Greene,  Kinman,  Bowers,  Thomas  and 
Gallaher. 

Tlu'  immense  practical  \alue  of  debate  was   well    recognized    by 

Dcbillc,     the  early  Alpha  Zetans,  and  \ery  li\ely  and  earnest  indeed  were 

'15  Vcars    their  forensic  struggles.     In  one  of  our  well-known   Alpha   Zeta 

avJC.        speakers  of  this  date  the  political  idea  was   strongly   developed, 

and  in  his  impassioned  flights  of  oratory  he  would  frequently 
forget  himself  and  address  the  members  of  the  Society  as  "Fellow Citizens." 
Another  "boy''  of  this  period  rt'lates  that  in  the  early  days  of  his  connection 
with  Alpha  Zeta  he  was  extremely  shy  and  bashful,  but  during  a  debate 
one  evening  upon  a  subject  in  whicli  he  was  interested  and  fairly  well 
posted,  he  all  at  once  found  himself  on  his  feet  discussing  tin-  question 
with  itn  earnestness  and  freedom  that  utterlx'  surprised  him.  Hiuouraged 
by  this  effort  and  the  congratulations  of  his  fri^'uds,  he  perse\ered,  and  we 
are  pleased  to  state  that  he  at  length  became  one  of  our  \ery  best  debaters. 
V>iic.  14th,  1X55,  "McEiliyot's  American  Debater"  was  adopted  as  the 
Society's  standard  of  reference.  There  were  usually  four  disputants  in 
these  days — two  principals,  e^Kli  empowered  to  select  a  colleague  from  the 
house.  One  of  the  principals  had  choice  of  sides,  the  other  had  choice  of 
an  assistant.      Incase   a    principal   debater  failed    to   show    up  on    the   ap- 

1  I'oi    a  lime  il  whs  ciistdiii.ii  y  to  appuiiU  rlisputanls  and  ilioosc  llic  qiieslion  fi'iii   svioks  in  a<l\  alici'. 

2  Tlic  iiilir  ii|niii  llif  (lebale  seems  not  infrL-i]uenlly  to  have  been  clioseii  fioin  anioiiu  the  ilelnteis. 


pointed  date,  the  Chair  named  his  substitute'  and  in  the  absence  of  a  reg- 
ular "colleague"  the  principal  chose  another,  it  was  not  infrequently  the 
case  that  the  discussion  became  general.  Thus  we  see  that  even  at  this 
late  day  the  debating  was  very  largely  extempore,  and  the  members  of  the 
Alpha  Zeta  received  most  effective  training  in  concentrative  power,  careful, 
close  discriminating,  readiness  of  wit  and  practical  thinking. 

Among  our  many  prominent  debaters  of  this  time  were  Chas.  M.  and 
Jas.  R.  Kay,  C.  A.  and  G.  A.  Pease,  S.  G.  Russell,  O.  L.  Barler,  T.  S. 
Lowe,  David  J.  Baker,  John  B.  Jackson,  Nathaniel  Wilson,  J.  M.  Miller, 
J.  Field,  Maple,  Long,  Miner  and  Foster.  We  give  below  a  few  specimens 
of  the  questions  debated  in  the  '50s.  Most  of  them  are  quite  significant, 
and  while  the  majority  are  now  dead,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  one  or 
two  are  still  breathing  heavily: 
Resolveii, 

That  the  Advance  of  Civilization  Increases  Crime. 

That  Temperance  is  the  Most  Important  Mora!  Question  of  the   Day  to 

the  American  People. 
That  it  is  the  Duty  of  United  States  to  Assist  the    Masses   of  other 

Nations  Struggling  for  Liberty. 
That  the  Ciovernment  should  Make  a  Grant  of  its   Unoccupied    Lands 

to  Actual  Settlers. 
That  Congress  should  Sustain  the  Missouri  Compromise  in  the  Organ- 
ization of  Territories. 
That  Our  Legislature  should  Appropriate  the  University  Fund  foi    Fs- 
tablishing  an  Industrial  University,  as  proposed    by   Prof.    Turner. 
That  the  Signs  of  the  Times  Indicate  a  Dissolution  of  the  Union. 
That  it  is  the  Duty  of  the  North  to  Dissolve  the  Union,  Provided  there 

is  no  Other  Method  of  Stopping  Slavery. 
That  Woman  Has  been  Excluded  from  Her  Proper  Sphere. 
That  Utah,  with  a  Constitution  permitting  Bigamy,  should  be  Admitted 

into  the  Union. 
That  it  would  be  to  the  Advantage  of  the  United   States   to  Annex  the 

Sandwich  Islands. 
That  our  Sympathies  should   be    Enlisted   with  the   Allies   rather  than 
with  Russia  in  the  Present  European  War. 

I  We  note  later,  liovvevei ,  that  wlieii  the  principal  is  absent  his  colleague  selects    an    assistant,  himself 
apparently  becoming  principal  <li- fiuto. 

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Tliat  a  General  War  in  Kurope  would    be  Conducive  to  the  Cause    of 

Freedom. 
That  the  Annexation  of  Cuba  is  Hxpedieiit. 
Tiiat  tile  Location  of  the  Baptist  Ui'iiominatioiial  Collejie  Ought  to  be 

RenioN'ed  North. 
That  the  Execution  of  Charks  11.  was  Justifiable. 
That  Phrenology  is  Entitled  to  the  Rank  of  a  True  Science. 
That  the  Free  Trade  System  Ought  to  Prex'ail. 
That  a  War  with  England  at  the  Present  Time  would  be   Productive    of 

Good. 
That  the  American  Party  will  Exert  a    Favorable    Influence    Upon    the 

Institutions  of  Our  Country. 
That  Upper  Alton  should  be  Incorporated. 
That  Secret  Societies  are  more  Beneficial  than  Injurious. 
That  Conscience  is  a  True  Cjuide. 

That  England  should  be  Permitted  to  seek  Shu'ers  on  Our  Coast. 
That  the  Sexes  should  be  Educated  Together. 

But  the  prosaic  toil  and  moil  of  debate  and  wood -sawing,  coupled 
The         with  the  stern  rc-alities  of  the  student's  lift'  in  geiU'ral,'  was  fol- 
Poclic       lowed  by  a   strong  reacti(»ii  when   the   hour  of   silent  meditation 
/IfflillUS.     came,  and    oftt-n  when    the    Muse  was  gracious  they  struck  the 
lyre  in   rhythmic    strain.      From   the  x'ery  earliest   dawn  of  her 
history,  many  of  Alpha  Zeta's  members  ha\e  lo\'ed  to  '"wander  fanc\--free" 
in  the  enchanted  realm  of  poesy,  and  from   tlu'   prominent    part    which  the 
poet's  productions  playt'd  in  our  ani  ieiit   programs   and   writings,  we  judge 
that  no  one  was  considered  quite  "the  real  thing"   until   he  could    stay  the 
restless  goddess  long  enough  to  catch  at  k-ast  a  sparkle  of  the  divine  efflu- 
via.    It  was  an  old-fashioned  custom,  popular  for  several  decades  among  the 
young  ladies,  to  keep  a  "Memento  Album,"   about  as   large  as  the  a\'erage 
"composition  book"  of  to-da\',  only  probabl\- twice  as  thick'.     Ihesexolumes 
were  made  to  serve   the  doubk'   purpose  of  autograph -album   and    book  of 
selected  poems,  the  friends  and  admirers  of  a  young  lady  being  supposed  to 
accompany  their  autographs  with  some  endearing  sentiment  breathed  forth 
in  the  sweet  cadences  of  verse.      The  b(tok  was  of  coin'se  taken    home  by 
tile  one  about  to  unfold  the  wings  of  his  fancy  upon  its  pages,   and    it   is  at 
least  presumable  that  the  \'outli  who  eould    burn   tlu'   most   midnight    kero- 

I   If  hoard  was  only  ?i.5o  a  week. 

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sene,  evolve  the  most  long-winded  panegyric  and  soar  the  highest  on  such 
occasions,  was  permitted  to  ride  unchallenged  the  top  wave  of  popularity — 
as  long  at  least  as  he  had  oil  to  burn. 

Alpha  Zeta  has  had  some  true  poets:  S.  M.  Brown,  Z.  W.  Hobbs, 
Thomas  Mize,  H.  A.  Warne,  C.  A.  Hobbs  and  other  lesser  lights.  The 
most  brilliant  of  them  all,  Z.  W.  Hobbs,  was  cut  down  in  the  pride  of  his 
young  manhood  within  a  year  after  his  graduation  in  the  Class  of  '57. 
Our  readers  have  the  privilege  of  enjoying  two  of  his  poems  in  this  volume; 
one.  "Apostrophe  to  Shurtleff "  at  the  close  of  our  Introduction,  the 
other,  a  toast  given  at  the  celebration  of  Shurtleff's  twenty-first  birthday. 
Criticism  in  those  days  also  occupied  the  very  prominent  place 
Criticism,  it  deserves  in  Society  work,'  and  it  was  far  more  pure,  simple 
and  effectual  than  at  the  present  time.  A  great  deal  of  careful 
thought  was  devoted  to  this  work,  it  was  brought  down  to  a  very  fine 
point,  and  the  criticisms  were  perfectly  frank  and  merciless,  but  the  result 
was  that  the  rough  edges  of  the  members'  thinking  were  rapidly  smoothed 
off,  and  their  minds  polished,  while  at  the  same  time  they  acquired  consid- 
erable skill  in  judging  the  quality  of  a  literary  production  and  discriminating 
between  the  good  and  the  bad,  the  genuine  and  the  visionary.  When 
critics  failed  to  report — and  very  often  when  they  did  report — the  order  of 
the  day  was  a  free-for-all  discussion  of  the  merits  and  demerits  of  the  exer- 
cises just  presented.  So  thoroughly  aroused  did  the  members  become  over 
the  questions  brought  up  before  them,  that  it  was  not  an  uncommon  thing, 
we  note,  to  present  essays  and  orations  on  themes  previously  discussed. 
Along  in  1853  and  1854  a  "Criticising  Committee"  was  one  of  the  features 
of  the  Society,  though  its  duties  are  not  accurately  defined,  critics  being 
always  appointed  for  the  debates,  essays  and  orations. 

We  note  that  on  June  10,  1853,  H.  L.  Field  read  an  essay  on  "P.  T. 
Barnum,"  P.  J.  Fisher  perpetrated  a  poem  entitled  "Spring,""  and  Geo.  I. 
Foster  delivered  an  oration  on  "Fashion."  In  this  month  it  was  decided 
that  the  entire  income  arising  from  initiation  fees  should  be  set  apart  as 
the  "Bf)ok  Fund."  Strong  efforts  were  being  put  forth  at  the  time  to 
enlarge  the  library,  the  growth  of  which  had  depended  chiefly  upon  the 
generous  donations  of  friends,  such  as  Hon.  Cyrus  Edwards,  to  whom  a  vote 
of  thanks  is  returned  at  this  date  for  twenty-three   valuable   books.     The 

1  III  fact,  the  riiticisiiie  scKiiiuil  to  be  liilly  as  iinpoitaiit  as  the  wilting  itsell'. 

2  Tlii'V  ili(i  it  then   just  as  they  do  now. 

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M.  R.  I.  Society  seems  all  aloii^i  to  have  shared  the  pri\ile^:es  ol  the  Read- 
ing-room, which,  togetlier  witii  tlie  periodicals  placed  therein,  was  in  charge 
of  the  Librarian,  until  the  creation  of  the  regular  "R.  R.  C^pininittcc"  in 
January,  1862,  after  which  said  connnittee  had  entire  control.  These 
periodicals  cost  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  about  $25  per  year. 

Tliere  were  a  good  man\-  other  expenses  also — fuel,  oil,  repairs,  janitor 
service,  etc.  But  generous  friends  made  occasional  donations  of  money 
to  the  Society,  and  the  members  lumg  closely  together,  paying  up  their 
dues,  fees  and  fines  promptl\'.  so  that  there  was  usually'  a  snug  little  sum 
in  the  treasury  luid  bills  were  almost  always  paid  carefully  and  promptly. 
The  payment  of  dues,  etc.,  was  something  (tf  profoLuid  moment  to  all,  and 
though  the  halt-dollars  "came  high"  then,  and  looked  very  large,  they 
were  bra\ely  handed  out  for  the  old  Society.  For  a  long  time  all  l~>ills  were 
paid  tinough  the  Hxecutive  Committee,  by  order  on  the  treasurer. 

Most  of  the  papers  and  magazines  were  ordered  tinough  Alton 

Papers        booksellers^Hibbard   &  Metcalf,  Kellenberger  &  Atwood,  and 

iind  others.     We  note,  howe\er,  that  the  Neu'    York    Tribune  was 

PeriOiliCillS.    ordered  direct  from  Greeley  &  Co.,  and  that  The  National  Era 

and  several  of  the  larger  magazines  were  also  obtained  direct 

from  the  publishers.      For  some  reason  there  was  a  great  deal  of  difficulty  in 

getting  the  periodicals  regularly.      Among  the  magazines  taken  by  the  Society 

we  note  Harper's,    FiitnanTs,    Knickerbocker'' s,  Blackwood's,   Eclectic,  Silli- 

maiTs  Journal,  North  American  Review,  Home  Journal,   and  Littell's  Living 

Age:  while  the  newspapers  included  the  New  York  Kecorder,    Congressional 

Globe,  Washington  Union,  Boston  Atlas,  Missouri  Republican,  Alton  Courier 

and  Alton  Telegrapli. 

Before   the  establishment  of  tiie  lu-w  second-lloor  Reading- 

bfforis  room   on  June  9,   1857,  several  efforts  were  maile   to   secure 

to  Secure         more  commodious   quarters,"    and  a   more  suitable    location 

Deu'  which  wouIlI  insure  greater  pri\  ac\-.      Reriodicals   were   not 

Readinif    Room,   infrequently    purloined    from    the  Reading-ro(»m,    :\u^    this 

became  so  serious  that  the  Facultv  was  appealed  to  <in  one 

occasion.       At     length     a    tablet    costing     $2.00    and     inscribed,     "Alpha 

Zeta    and    M.    R.    I.    Reading-room,"    was    secured     in     conjunction     with 

the  M.  R.  I.  Society  and  placed  upon  the  door,  and  good  locks   were   put   in 

I   Tlie  hist-floor  loom,  Ix-sides  being  too  sin. ill   fur   l.ilnaiv   .iiid    Kiading-rooiii  iokciIici  .   seiiiis  to  have 
lieon  ilMsalisf'actoiy   in   other  ways,   ami  ici|nire(l.   we   note,   rontiniial   (li-.iniiiK   .ind   hxini;  ii|). 

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the  doors  of  the  room.  Students  not  belon^hig  to  the  Alpha  Zeta  or  M.  R. 
I.  were  charged  forty  cents  per  term  for  the  privileges  of  the  room.  In  the 
spring  of  1854  the  question  of  changing  the  location  of  this  room  was  vigor- 
ously agitated,  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Society  being  instructed  on 
May  24  "to  confer  witii  the  Trustees  of  the  College  and  secure  a  second - 
story  recitation -room  for  a  reading-room;  also  to  confer  with  M.  R.  1.  as  to 
co-operation  in  this."  Again,  on  May  26,  the  Executive  Committee  was 
instructed  "to  confer  with  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  College  and  as- 
certain on  what  terms  a  reading-room  can  be  obtained."  But  these  efforts 
and  several  others  seem  to  have  been  unavailing,  as  far  at  least  as  practi- 
cal results  at  the  time  are  concerned. 

The  Executive  Committee  was  instructed  May  19,  1854,  to  liave  as 
many  volumes  of  periodicals  bound  as  could  be  filled  out,  cost  of  binding 
not  to  exceed  $30.00.  May  11,  1854,  the  Reading  Room  was  ordered 
closed  on  Sundays,  but  Nov.  21,  1854,  ordered  re-opened  for  Sunday  use. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Smith,  editor  of  The  Cliristiau  Times  (predecessor  of  The  Staud- 
ani)  donated  to  the  Society  on  Sept.  28,  1854,  The  Loudon  Ouarterly, 
IVesf/iiiiisfer,  Noitli  British  and  Hdiulvi/o  KevieiL^s;  and  Dr.  James  of 
Upper  Alton,  donated  the  New  York  Times.  Quite  a  large  number  of  books 
were  bought  in  January,  1856,  and  shortly  afterward  a  large  book-case  was 
purchased  from  Prof.  Adkins.  Later  a  vote  of  thanks  is  returned  to  Rev. 
W.  D.  Haley,  for  "sundry  literary  works,"  and  to  Major  Long  for  "twenty 
valuable  books."  Two  hundred  labels  are  ordered  for  the  books  in  the 
library.  Permission  is  granted  the  M.  R.  1.  and  Philharmonic  Societies  to 
deposit  their  papers  in  our  book-case. 

The  first  record  we  have  of  library  delinquencies  is  Sept.  26,  1856,  when 
the  Librarian  reports  names  of  those  delinquent  and  a  committee  of  two  is 
appointed  to  look  after  the  books  which  are  held  out  from  the  library.  Oct. 
10,  a  large  map  loaned  by  Prof.  Castle  is  put  up  in  the  Reading-room, 
and  about  the  same  time  "a  map  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States"  is 
donated  by  F.   M.   Ellis. 

January  9,    1857,  the   Philomathian    Society    (See   Chapter 

^^^^^-  III.)  is  given  free  access  to  the  Reading-room,  in  considera- 

^dmillcil  to       lion  of  placing  therein  certain  current  periodicals  and  news- 

KcilililUj  Koom.     papers  as  they  appear.     On   Feb.  6,    Article  VIL,    Section  3 

of  the  By-Laws  is  revised  to  read:      "The  Library  shall  be 

opened  by  Librarian  a  half-hour  before  the  regular  Friday  evening  meetings, 

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and  remain  open  for  a  half-liour,  ineiiibeis  beiny  peimitteJ  at  siieli  time  to 
take  out  one  book  or  two  periodicals  eacii,  but  sucli  books  or  periodicals  sliall 
not  be  retained  loiiuei'  tliaii  two  weeks."  April  A  it  was  rt-sctK  i-d  "tli;it  llu- 
Librarian  shall  not  loan  out  papers  or  periodicals  from  tin-  l^c-adiuL'-room 
until  they  ha\e  lain  there  the  required  length  of  timr." 

CommeiU(.-inent,  it  is  nott^d,  was  nuicli  latt-r  than  at  tlu-  present  day, 
the  Collejie  year  be.uinnin.^  the  latter  part  of  September  and  closing 
toward  the  last  of  June — after  the  manner  of  colleges  in  the  Hast.  One  of 
the  great  e\ents  of  Commencement  week,  then  as  now,  was  the  Annual 
Address  before  the  Society,'  which  for  se\eral  years  at  least  occurred  at 
2:30  P.  iV\.  on  Commencement  iJay.  it  was  customary  on  these  occasions 
for  the  Society  to  assemble  in  the  Hall,  and  under  tlk-  conduct  of  a  marshal 
or  otticer  of  the  day,  to  march  in  procession  to  the  old  Stone  Church,  where 
most  of  the  Commencement  orators  held  forth.  The  Society  also  appointed 
a  committee  to  attend  to  the  seating  of  the  auilience  on  these  occasions. 
In  1853,  Ht)n.  Edward  L.  Bates,  afterward  a  member  of  Lincoln's  Cabinet, 
deli\'ered  the  Address. 

The  first  Alpha  Zeta  badge  et  wliicli  we   have    record  was  adopted 

?irsl      June  17,  1853,  and  displayed  for  the  first  time  on  Conmiencemeiit 

Bndijc.    Day,  June  23,  1853.     This  badge  consisted  of  red,  white  and  blue 

ribbon  worn  on  the  left  shoulder,  and  must  have  loomed  up  in  great 
style.  Can  we  imagine  the  stunning  effect  and  the  open-mouthed  sensa- 
tion they  created  among  the  unsophisticated  and  unsuspecting! 

The  celebration  of  "Arbor  Day"  was,  we  uiuierstand.  instituteii 
/Irbor  at  Shurtleff  College  about  the  spring  of  1853.  A  half-holiday  was 
Dav«      granted,  and  professors  and  students  went   forth   tit'c/Keii/t's  to  the 

neighboring  forests  and  wooLllands,  anci  there  selected  many  a 
tender,  verdant  sapling  for  transplanting  upon  the  campus.  Hach  person 
who  brought  in  a  tree  and  set  it  out  on  the  College  grounds  was  e.xpected 
to  look  after  and  care  for  the  tree,  protecting  it  from  injiuy.  One  of  our 
old  '50  men  writes  that  he  planted  almost  directly  north  of  the  north  door 
of  the  dorn'iitory  and  a  little  way  inside  the  old  fence,  an  elm.  which  grew 
nicely,  and  is  to-day  oni-  of  our  noble  shade  trees  and  an  ornament  to  the 
campus.  Later  on,  as  class  spirit  grew  stronger,  the  custom  arose  of  plant- 
ing class  trees  on  Arbor  Day. 

In  glancing  o\'er  the  okl   minutes  we    note   that    on    No\ .  11,  1853,  the 

I    .N'nw  •'Ix'trin-  tlir  Soiidirs.  " 

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Corresponding;  Secretary  is  instructed  to  return  the  thanks  of  the  Society  to 
Rev.  W.  C.  Van  Meter  for  "three  astral  lamps  valued  at  ten  dollars"  and 
by  him  donated  to  Alpha  Zeta. 

On  March  31,  revised  Constitution  and  By-Laws  are,  with  afew  amend- 
ments, adopted  as  reported  by  Committee  of  the  Wiiole  from  a  special 
committee.  There  seems  to  have  still  been  considerable  dissatisfaction, 
however,  for  on  the  9tii  of  June  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  are  referred 
to  a  committee  for  another  revision,  to  be  finally  submitted  to  the  Faculty 
for  approval  and  copied  into  the  proper  book.  We  note  another  slight 
revision  March  13,  LS55,  when  a  few  changes  were  adopted  and  a  new 
article  inserted  in  the  Constitution  making  extemporaneous  speaking  a 
regular  exercise. 

The  "Supervising  Committee"  is  instructed  April  7  to  confer 
Supcrvisiili)    with  Alton    printers  as  to  printing   revised  Constitution  and 
Commincc.     By-Laws;  also  to  confer  with   ''Maria"    as   to  taking  care  of 
the  Hall.     The  above  committee  was  an  institution  peculiar  to 
this  time,  existing  only  about  a  year  and  a   half,  from  the  spring  of   1854 
until    December,    1855.     It    was   a  continuation    or    outgrowth    of   the    old 
"Committee  on  Ways  and  Means,"  which  figured   in   the  Society  life  from 
the  earliest  days  up  to  April,  1854.     The  duties   of  this  Supervising  Com- 
mittee were  somewhat  numerous  and  varied,  as  it  really  had  charge  of  the 
business   affairs  of  the  Society,   in   details  as  well   as   large   matters.     Its 
instructions   were   carried  out   by  the   Executive   Committee,  whose  duties 
were  of  course  rendered  much  lighter.     Committees   at  this  period  usually 
consisted  of  two  members,  instead  of  three — as  the  modern  custom  is. 

The  address  before  the  Society  at  Commencement  1854  was  delivered 
by  Judge  Skinner  of  Chicago,  on  Thursday,  June  2^.     Yager's  Brass  Band 
of  Alton  was  secured  for  the  occasion.     Messrs.   Lowe  and  Maple   acted  as 
ushers,  Charles  M.  Kay,  marshal,  and  J.  B.  Jackson  introduced  the  speaker. 
In  addition  to  the  Annual  Commencement  Address  already    no- 
/Inniial       ticed,   another   periodic  delight  was  the   Annual    Exhibition,   to 
txbibilion.     which  we  have  briefly  alluded   heretofore.     On  these   occasions 
was  displayed  the  culture  and  strength  gained  by   persistent  toil 
in  the  private  meetings,  and  an  excellent  opportunity  afforded  for  acquiring 
ease  and  freedom  in  addressing  a  large  audience.     Notices  of  these   events 
were  usually  placed  in  the  Alton   papers,   and   a   good   many   Altonians  at- 
tended,   in  addition   to  our  own  towns-people.     The  Exhibitions  date  back 

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farther  than  the  Public  Meetings,  aiul  tor  a  tiiiu-  treqiietitly  iiicluciecl  a 
theatrical  performance — "hi^h  tragedy  or  elevated  and  sometimes  original 
comedy."  This  dramatic  element  (which  excites  our  wonder,  in  view  of 
the  spirit  of  the  times)  was  gradually  superseded  by  ti)e  dialogue  and 
Shakespeare  readings,  which  in  their  turn  at  length  disappeared.  The  t.\- 
hibition  has  always  been  intended  to  present  the  best  talent  and  effort  of 
the  Society  for  the  year,  while  the  Public  Meeting,  which  originally  occur- 
red every  four  weeks,  was  far  less  pretentious  anil  elaborate.  As  these 
meetings  impro\ed  in  quality  they  were  IrLI  less  Iriqueiitly,  only  three  or 
four  occurring  in  the  course  of  the  college-year.  After  the  ladies  were  ad- 
mitted to  Shurtleff,  and  e\eii  for  some  years  previously,  the  public  was 
freely  invited  to  attend  tlu'  regular  programs  of  the  Society,  and  Iht-  old- 
time  "Public  Meeting"  was  linall\'  lost  in  oblixion — though  the  term  is 
very  commonI\'  applied  to  our  modern  bxhibilion  held  at  the  close  of  each 
college-year.  In  the  old  Hxhibition  programs  the  essay,  as  time  ad- 
vanced, was  superseded  to  a  considerable  extent  by  a  "paper"  quite  simi- 
lar to  our  JOURNAL  of  to-day.  Until  the  establishment  of  the  JOURNAL  in 
December,  1858,  this  "paper"  was  named  by  the  editor — or  editors,  there 
being  sometimes  two.  The  Societ\'  Cjlee-Club,  alter  its  foiination  in 
November,  1861,  furnisheil   most  of  the  music  tor  the  Hxhibitions. 

In  the  '50s  Alpha  Zeta  was  of  course  "the  entire  show"  in 
Primitive  Shurtleff  athletics,  as  in  everything  else,  the  Philo's  being  very 
/llblclics,  few  in  number,  and  the  M.  K.  I.  far  above  such  unseemly 
mundane  antics.  These  athletic  sports  were  of  a  rather  more 
primitive  order,  of  course,  than  in  this  day  of  bicwie-racing,  hammer- 
throwing  and  foot- ball,  but  the  old  boys  took  as  much  genuine  pleasure  in 
their  physical  exercises  as  does  the  average  athlete  of  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1898.  Inter-collegiate  athletics  was  almost  unknown  in  the  West,  so 
that  these  sports  were  confined  to  our  own  campus,  consisting  of  "town 
ball,"  pitching  quoits,  running,  jumping,  etc.  There  were  three  "stand- 
ing jumps,"  which  we  take  to  be  the  standing-broad,  standing-high  and 
hop-step-and-jump.  In  these,  one  Alonzo  Pease,  though  large  and 
stout,  was  first;  Ed.  Fry  was  second,  and  Geo.  D.  Thomas  third.  Wrest- 
ling was  also  quite  a  favorite  pastime,  and  to  be  successful  in  this  required 
considerable  endurance,  as  well  as  strength  and  agility,  as  one  of  these 
contests  would  be  prok)nged  sometimes  for  a  full  hour.  Man\'  a  shirt — we 
have    this  on   reliable   authorit\- — was  torn    off    in    the    arena.     The    star 


jumpers  were  also  well  up  in  wrestling,  Fry  especially  being  very  quick  and 
active  as  a  cat. 

These  practices  on  the  field  of  sport  served  to  keep  the  boys 
J\  Brush  in  good  form — muscles  hardened  and  strong,  bodies  supple  and 
U'ilb  wiry.  The  valuable  drill  in  rough-and-tumble  scrapping  stood 
Cou'n  them  well  in  hand  during  an  occasional  brush  with  the  town 
UMKjbs.  toughs — which  remarkable  species  flourished  even  forty -five 
years  ago.  At  one  time  in  particular  we  learn  that  a  great  ex- 
citement was  aroused  among  the  people  of  the  town  and  College,  caused  by 
a  disturbance  at  the  Methodist  church  between  the  two  factions  of  youths. 
A  mild  glamour  of  excitement  seems  to  have  surrounded  this  church  in  the 
olden  days.  Many  from  the  town  and  College  went  there  just  for  fun,  ap- 
parently, and  "to  have  a  good  time."  It  seems  that  the  rougher  elements 
among  the  town  boys  were  in  the  habit  of  annoying  the  students  who  at- 
tended Sunday  evening  service  at  this  church,  even  attempting  to  drive 
them  away  altogether.  All  this  was  directly  due  to  the  smoldering  jeal- 
ousy so  often  felt  by  town  boys  toward  college  boys,  and  the  insults  being 
entirely  uncalled-for  and  unprovoked,  the  youths  from  the  College  very  nat- 
urally grew  more  and  more  indignant,  until  the  matter  finally  culminated  in 
a  grand  free-for-all  tight  in  the  vicinity  of  the  above-mentioned  church. 
After  the  smoke  of  battle  cleared  away  it  became  apparent  that  Shurtleff 
was  very  much  on  top,  one  of  our  crack  wrestlers,  an  all-around  athlete, 
having  whipped  two  of  the  bullies  single-handed,'  and  the  rest  of  the  enemy 
having  suddenly  recalled  important  engagements  elsewhere.  The  Shurt- 
leff boys  acted  only  after  most  aggravated  provocation,  and  solely  in  self- 
defense.  They  were  sustained  by  all  the  best  citizens  of  Upper  Alton,  as 
well  as  the  College  authorities,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  note  that  this  episode 
was  followed  by  a  period  of  peace.  The  wholesome  lesson  was  not  soon 
forgotten,  no  collisions  between  the  students  and  town  boys  being  reported 
for  several  years. 

The  decision  upon  debates  was  for  a  long  time  left  to  a  vote  of  the 
house,  apparently,  but  on  September  29,  1854,  a  by-law  was  adopted  to  the 
•  effect  that  "the  president  shall  decide  all  debates,  as  to  argument." 

We  note  that  on  Nov.  10  a  certain  member  is  "exhausted"  when  called 
upon  for  his  essay.  He  had  probably  been  sawing  wood  with  unusual  vigor 
in  the  afternoon. 


I  "Oh.  for  a  second  Hercules!" 

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,yi>f*^'^^^ 


PRtSIhHNTS'   GROUP   NO.  ^. 

1.  *Restores  C.   Siiialley.  'sy.         4.  John   H.   \Voo<ls,    ^M.  7.   ♦Tlioiuas  S.    Mi/e. 

2.  Wiliiatn   H.   Siedinaii,    Oi.         S-  J"''"  W.  Terry,   'jl).  «.  ♦Jolui   Sawyer.    34. 

<    *Cliaiiii(:ev  K.    Hrisiol,  'f.i.        6.  *Tliomas  VV.  Greene,   '54.      <).   ♦John   1*.   Wren.   '51). 


II).   Alexan<h-r  J.   Delano,  "jd. 

11.  |olin   H.    Vellrees,   '(yo. 

12.  Ilcnrv   I!.   Hearli.   "in. 


On  N(i\'.  17,  it  was,  on  proposal  ol  J.  C>.  MapK',  liiH  iJrJ  that  tlic  lu-xt 
Exhibition  should  consist  ot  tive  orations,  debate  and  dialoiim..  Pmi. 
Adkins  was  in\'ited  to  take  charge  of  the  same,  drilling  the  participants,  and 
Professors  Castle  and  Kinibal!  were  asked  to  furnisli  the  music.-.  The  event 
occurred  on  Friday  evening,  Dec.  22,  tlie  Society  meeting  at  0  p.m.*  in 
the  Hall  and  marching  in  procession  to  tlie  church.  Two  members  served 
as  ushers,  reser\'ing  seats  in  front  for  the  Society.  Fourhundri'd  programs 
were  printed,  the  expense  being  borne  by  subscription,  as  was  customary. 
Tile  president,  Geo.  A.  Pease,  occupied  the  chair  and  called  off  the  exer- 
cises, which  were  opened  with  prayer  and  closed  with  music  by  tin-  choir 
of  the  church.  We  note  that  the  ladies  of  the  town  were  shortly  after- 
ward thanked  for  their  assistance  in  the  arrangements  for  the  Exhibition, 
and  it  is  pleasing  to  know  tiiat  they  so  kindly  aiiled  us  then  as  now. 

On  Jan,  26,  1855,  we  note  the  abbreviation  "Prex."  used  for  the  first 
time  in  the  records,  in  February,  Prof.  Castle,  upon  written  rcLiuest  in 
behalf  of  the  Faculty,  is  granted  the  use  of  our  Hall  as  a  ' 'declamation - 
room."  Soon  after  the  Hall  is  thrown  open  for  a  series  of  chemistry  lec- 
tures. On  Thursday,  June  28,  at  2:30  p.m.,  a  very  interesting  discourse 
entitled,  "Peculiar  Types  of  Character  in  Old  and  New  Countries,"  was 
delivered  before  the  Society  by  Rev.  Ur.  S.  \.  McMasters,  pastor  of  St. 
Paul's  Episcopal  church  of  Alton.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  returned  to  liim, 
and  a  copy  of  the  address  requi'sted  for  publication  in  Tlw  Cliristiiiii  Tii)h'S. 
[Jr.  McMasters  was  pro  /t'liipore  President  of  SliurtU'ff  tiuring  the  next 
college    year. 


In  the  fall  of  1855  Alpha  Zeta  received  notice  tliat  the  sum  of  fifty 
dollars  had  been  bequeathed  to  the  Society  by  a  former  member.  Get).  L. 
Griswold,  of  Brighton. 

The  Exhibition  of  Dec.  21,  1855,  included  a  comic  dialogue,  ''Hob 

Comic      iiiui  Noh,"  in  which  Ebenezer  Rodgers  played  the  role  of  "Hob" 

DinlOvjIlC.    and    Thomas    Long     represented     "Nob,"     F.    ,\\.     Ellis    being 

''Bouncer."     A  handsome  edition  of  Shakespeare  was  given  as 

a  prize  for  the  best  declamation,    of  which    there   were   four,  and    also  four 

orations,  the  program  being  arranged   by  Prof.  Castk',  as  usual.      This,  we 

2  This  Si  cms  in  iiidicale  tlwil   llic   ICshiliilii  ii  was  at   lliis  liii;c  liolil   as  cailv  as  f>-,n  p  iii 

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JJ^IiSHti 


believe  was  the  first  time  an  admission  fee  was  cliarged  at  an  Exhibition,  a 
net  profit  of  $17.40  beinjz  reported. 

On  Friday  evening,  Feb.  11-,  1856,  we   note  tliat   "after  regular  busi- 
ness" patriotic  speeches  were  made  and  a  resolution  appropriate  to  the  Day 

adopted. 

in  the  spring  of  1856  the   Hall   was  considerably  improved 

Hall  and  beautified,  the  numerous  friends  of  the   Society  kindly 

Improvement,     bearing    part    of    the    expense.     The    floor    was    carefully 

painted,  ceiling  whitewashed   and   walls  papered.     A    neat 

secretary's  stand  was  purchased,  and  thanks  returned  Messrs.  Field,  Greene 

and  Gallaher  for  some  large  framed   pictures,     in   May  we   note  the  past 

minutes  were  corrected   by  a  committee  of  two,   and   on   June   13   Father 

Loomis  and  Rev.  1.  Woodbury  favored  the  members  with  instructive  talks 

on  the  objects  and  consequences  of  the  Society.     On  June  26  the  Annual 

Address  was  delivered  in  "The   Grove,"    east  of  the   Dormitory,  by   Rev. 

W.  D.  Haley  of  Alton.     Seven  of  our  more  prominent  members  graduated 

in  this  year — John  Pope  Baker,  Henry  W.  Bowers,  George  P.  Guild,  Geo. 

A.  Pease,  Wm.  Randolph,  Ebenezer  Rodgers  and  Nathaniel  Wilson. 


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CHAPTER  III. 
OTHtK  LITtHAKY  SOCIETIES. 

IN  addition  tn  Alpha  Zeta  several  other  literary  societies  tloiirished  at 
Shuitleff  in  the  '50s  and  '60s.  In  the  college-years  1852-53  and 
1853-54  two  especially  are  noted — "The  Juvenile  Debating  Society  of 
Shurtleff  College"  and  ''The  Society  of  Moral  and  Religious  Inquiry." 
The  former  was  composed  entirely  of  the  young  hoys  in  the  Preparatory 
Department,  including  George  B.  Dodge,  Samuel  DeBow,  Tom  and  Willis 
Long,  Cyrus  and  Willie  Leverett,  Geo.  Mosher,  Ebenezer  and  Edward 
Rodgers,  John  W.  and  Judson  Teasdale,  Wilberforce  Hurlbut  and  Frank 
Adkins.  The  organization  existed  only  a  couple  of  years  or  less,  when  it 
died  a  natural  death,  most  of  its  members  afterward  joining  the  Alpha  Zeta. 

The  Society  of  Moral  and  Religious  Inquiry,  familiarl\-  known 
"IWarin."  as  M.  R.  I.  or  "Maria,"  was,  as  its  name  indicates,  composed 
of  staid  and  sober  theologs,  ascetics  of  the  deepest  dye, 
who  met  on  Saturday  evenings  in  the  rooms  of  its  respecti\e  members  (and 
later  in  the  Alpha  Zeta  Hall)  to  tussle  with  weighty  problems  of  Being, 
Subconsciousness,  Predestination  and  the  Origin  of  Evil.  The  meetings 
were  devoted  alternately  to  a  discussion  of  some  question  of  religious  inter- 
est, and  the  presentation  of  papers  or  "reports"  prepared  by  the  members 
upon  the  moral  and  religious  condition  of  the  world.  The  M.  R.  I.  was 
formed  about  1850,  continuing  until  1868,  when  it  was  supplanted  by  the 
"Theological  Society,"  which  was  sustained  as  a  society  for  less  than  two 
years.  The  membership  of  M.  R.  I.  included  at  different  times  such  men 
as  Hopps  and  Howell  (our  Damon  and  Pythias),  Simmerwell,  Bishop, 
James  and  William  Leverett,  Geo.  A.  Pease,  Foster,  Jackson,  Moore  and 
Lawton,  the  majority  being  also  Alpha  Zetans. 


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The  society  of  most  prominence,   however,    among  these  minor 

Hcia        organizations  was  the  PHILOMATHIAN,  bearing  the  same  name 

Pbilo.       (witli  different  spelling)  but  in  no  wise  related  to  the  old  Philo- 

mathean  which  grew  into  the  Alpha  Zeta.  This  new  Philo  was 
originated  in  the  following  manner.  One  of  the  articles  in  Alpha  Zeta's 
constitution  having  long  permitted  only  students  in  the  College  Department 
to  become  members,  the  urgent  need  of  a  lower-grade  society  soon  made 
itself  felt.  The  "Juvenile  Debating  Society"  mentioned  above  fulfilled 
this  want  for  a  time,  but  for  two  or  three  years  after  its  demise  the  same 
need  frequently  became  apparent  and  the  question  of  a  Preparatory  Depart- 
ment society  was  repeatedly  agitated.  At  length,  in  the  spring  of  1856, 
the  Philomathian  was  instituted,  being  encouraged  by  the  Alpha  Zeta 
Society,  many  of  wiiose  members  took  part  in  its  exercises.  The  young 
society  certainly  had  some  very  good  and  interesting  meetings  in  1856,  '57 
and  '58.  Noteworthy  among  the  Alpha  Zetans  who  nursed  and  encouraged 
the  infant  Philo  in  those  years  were  Frank  M.  Ellis,  Harry  M.  Gallaher 
(afterward  prominent  in  Sigma  Phi),  Henry  L.  Field  and  Thomas  W. 
Greene.  These  gentlemen  aided  materially  in  its  organization,  assisted 
occasionally  in  its  meetings,  and  secured  a  number  of  pictures  for  the  walls. 
The  membership  numbered  twelve  or  fifteen  at  the  start,  most  of  these  at 
the  same  time  belonging  to  the  Alpha  Zeta. 

On  June  20,  1856,  Alpha  Zeta  granted  a  petition  from  the  Philomathian 
requesting  the  use  of  the  Hall  on  Saturday  evenings.  The  petition  was 
granted  subject  to  withdrawal,  Philo  to  bear  her  just  proportion  of  expense 
for  lighting,  heating,  etc.,  and  to  hire  the  same  janitor  Alpha  Zeta  em- 
ployed. After  fierce  debate  the  following  additional  proviso  was  rejected : 
"That  the  Philomathians  meet  with  open  doors,  and  at  no  time  form  them- 
selves into  a  secret  society."  Sept.  26,  1856,  Philomathian  returns  thanks 
for  the  use  of  the  Hall,  and  H.  M.  Gallaher  moves  that  same  be  laid  away 
in  the  archives  of  the  Society  and  recommended  as  a  good  specimen  of 
English  composition. 

We  quote  from  the  "Sigma  Phi  Manual"  of  1867  the  following  brief 
historical  sketch  of  the  Philomathian -Sigma  Phi  Society: 

On  Saturday  evening,  January  ig,  1856,  a  few  students,  convinced  that  a  literary  society 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  those  just  entering  upon  a  course  of  study,  was  a  deeply  felt  neces- 
sity, met  in  the  room  now  used  for  the  College  Library,  and  after  due  deliberation  consti- 
tuted   themselves    "The    Philomathian    Society    of    Shnrtleft     College."      ....      They 

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continued  to  meet  in  the  Library  Room  until  Septemlier  of  the  same  yeir.  when   tlie  Alpha 

Zeta  Society  kindly  oflered  tliem   the  use  of  their   Hall Diirinfj;  this   year  the 

society   received    mnny  valu  ible   additions   to   its  membership,    priiicii)  ills'   fioin    the   Alpha 

Zeta  Society,  bringing  with  them    both   experience  and   influence In  October, 

1858,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  obtain  permission  from  the  College  Faculty  to  convert 
two  rooms  on  the  first  t^  )or  into  a  h  dl  for  the  use  of  this  society.  The  reijuest  was  readily 
granted,  and  those  faithful  ,nul  energetic  members,  H  Sawyer,  Wise,  Yerkes,  Hodge,  C). 
W.  Cox  and  others  at  once  proceeded  to  fitting  up  the  hall,  which  was  opened  on  the  4th  of 
March,  1859,  and  celebrated  by  an  address  before  the  Society  by  the  Rev    P.   Steenstra,   of 

St.  Louis In  April  of  that  year  the  old  name   "I'hilomatliian"   was  changed   to 

"Sigma  Phi,"  from  the  two  Greek  words  Selos  Philoi  (lovers  of  light)  ....  The  new 
college-year  opened  with  an  auspicious  occurrence.  The  F"acuUy  had  decided  to  place  the 
societies  upon  an  equal  footing,  and  no  longer  regard  this  as  a  stepping-stone  to  any 
other Chained  down  no  longer  by  restricting  laws,  they  unanimously  deter- 
mined to  have  no  superior.  The  partition  of  another  room  was  immediately  taken  down, 
and  in  four  weeks  afterwards,  Nov.  18,  1839.  the  society  held  its  first  public  meeting  in  the 
new  hall. 

Tlie   "Alpha  Sigma,"'   a  society  for   students  ot  tlu'   Preparatory 

/llpbil    Department,  existed  during  1867-8  and  a  part  of  186S-9.     There 

$kjmn.    was  during  tliis  time,  we  understand,  a  college   law  to  the   effect 

that  only  members  of  the  College  classes  should  join  the  Alpha 
Zeta  or  Sigma  Phi.  Thus  of  course  the  need  of  a  society  for  the  benefit 
of  Preparatory  students  became  again  urgent.  The  Alpha  Sigma  mi-t  in 
"Chapel  No.  .^,"  but  the  Theological  Society  wanted  the  same  room,  and 
succeeded  in  obtaining  it  of  the  Faculty,  histead  of  merely  changing 
their  time  of  meeting,  the  Alpha  Sigma  betook  themselves  to  room  21  on 
the  second  floor.  This  room,  howewr,  was  utterly  inadequate  to  their 
necessities  (the  society  numbering  about  fifty  or  si.xty),  and  they  proceeded 
to  disband,  burying  the  society  at  dead  of  night,  in  due  form,  and  with 
appropriate  ceremonies.  The  solemn  funeral  cortege  proceeded  from  the 
west  door  of  the  Dormitory  to  the  place  of  interment — the  hollow  southwest 
of  that  building.  Here  was  laid  to  rest  the  coff'm  which  contained,  'tis  said, 
the  remains  of  Alpha  Sigma.  The  impressive  burial  rites  included  a  finieral 
oration  by  John  Olson,  of  the  recently  defunct. 

An  old  Alpha  Sigman  says:  "After  this  a  move  was  made  to  induce 
the  Faculty  to  permit  us  to  join  the  College  societies,  which  in  a  few 
weeks  was  granted.  In  the  meantime  we  had  carefully  compared  the 
merits  of  the  two  societies,  and  I  may  say  thi'  cream  of  the  Sub  classes 
joined  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society,  this  old  Society  being  noted  for  its  dignity, 

I   Also  caller)  the  "Siib  &:   Snb-Siib." 

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untiring  efforts  for  good,  and  manly  way  of  meeting  all  or  dealing  with  all 
questions,  even  though  perplexing." 

But  the  really  dark,  fell,  dire  effort  of  all  Shurtleff's  history  to 

n)onh$        date,    in  the  way  of  a  society,  was  that  which  successfully 

of  brought  about  the  "Zelogalosians,  or  Monks  of  St.  Momus." 

$1.  n)onniS.    Our  Archaeologist,   being  strictly  on  the  inside  track  in  this 

matter,  has  secured  full  official  data  as  to  this  unchartered  but 

justly  celebrated  organization — this  Great  Secret  Society  of  Old  Shurtleff ! 

Alas!  it  never  lived  to  see  its  second  birthday,  but  came  to  an  untimely  end 

shortly  before  Commencement,  1859. 

Early  in  December,  1857,  a  number  of  Freshmen'  held  frequent  and 
prolonged  conversations  touching  the  advisability  and  practicability  of 
organizing  a  secret  literary  and  social  society  in  the  College.  After  pro- 
found deliberation,  numerous  plans  having  been  projected  and  rejected,  the 
matter  came  to  a  focus  in  the  formation  of  a  "club,"  which  was  to  be  con- 
ducted after  the  manner  of  a  monastic  order  and  to  hold  weekly  meetings, 
on  Wednesday  evenings.  Though  originated  chiefly  by  Freshmen  it  in- 
cluded "the  elect"  of  all  classes,  without  distinction  of  other  affiliations  or 
rank,  it  was  a  good  fellowship  club,  devoted  to  informal  literary  and  con- 
versational" improvement  and  jolly  companionship.  The  members,  being 
known  by  the  general  term  "Monks,"  had  each  a  special  club  name  also. 
These  names  were  chosen  by  each  member  according  to  his  particular  fancy. 
The  following  are  some  of  them:  Benedict,  Friar  Tuck,  Ajax,  Geoffrey, 
Gregorius,  Falstaff,  Plato,  Old  Mortality,  Tacitus.  The  official  costume 
consisted  of  a  scarlet  cowl  and  gown  with  rope  girdle,  similar  to  that 
affected  by  monkish  orders,  and  the  officers — elected  by  ballot  every  eight 
weeks— were  known  as  Lord  Abbot,  Coadjutor,  Purveyor,  Scrivener  and 
Janitor.  The  Lord  Abbot  was  togged  out  in  sweller  style  than  the  rest, 
and  was  of  course  master  of  ceremonies,  the  Coadjutor  officiating  in  his 
absence.  The  Purveyor's  duty  was  to  provide  viands  for  the  refreshment 
of  the  Brotherhood  at  every  meeting,  the  expense  being  borne  by  a  weekly 
stipend  which  he  collected  of  all.  The  Scrivener  had  charge  of  the  Frater- 
nity's funds  (except  the  weekly  stipend),  and  kept  a  record  of  such  portion 
of  the  proceedings  as  it  was  desired  should  be  recorded.  The  Janitor  acted 
as  doorkeeper  and  vigilante. 

1  Looking  for  trouble,  as  usual. 

2  Discussion    of  the   lives,    characters    and   writings  of   great  men  was    an   interesting  feature  of  the 
meetings. 

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Wf  karn  from  the  Constitution  that  any  College  student  having 
Inside    sonit'  knowlcd.ue  of  the  classics  and  possessing  the  requisite  quali- 
Dalfl.     ties  t(i  inaki.'  a  pk^asant  companion,  was   eligibk-  tn  membership, 
but  he  must  receive  the  entire  vote  of  the  Fraternity.     The  initia- 
tion fee  was  $1,00.     Fifteen  was  the  limit  of  membership.     No  into.xicating 
liquors  were  allowed  in  thr  iiu-etings  of  the  Fraternity.    Tiicre  was  a  some- 
what elaborate   initiation    ceremony.     One   knctck   and    a    scratcii  was  the 
signal  for  admittance.     The  Janitor  then  inquired  of  the  applicant,    "What 
do  you  want  .-"'     The   name   of  the  literary  e.xercise  of   the    evening   was 
required  as  countersign. 

When  a  member  or  members  of  the  BrotlKrhood    graduated   from   Col- 
lege a  special  farewell  meeting  was  held  in  tht-ir  honor. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Zelogalosians  was  held  Dec,  16, 

Exercises    1857,  in  No.  36  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Dormitory.     The  meet- 

Of  Ibe      ings  were  opened  and  closed  by  singing  an  ode  composed  by  the 

n)cnk$.     Fraternity,  and  the  time  was  occupied  in  much  the  same  way  as 

in  the  regular  literary  society  meetings,  with  the  additional  feat- 
ures of  interesting  initiatory  rites,  which  were  very  solemn  and  conducted 
largely  in  Latin ;  convivial  and  humorous  conversation;  partaking  of  the 
"refection,"  etc.,  which  latter  portions  of  the  program  were  certainly  the 
exact  opposite  of  solemn.  We  note  that  at  one  meeting  the  exercise  is  to 
give  "a  metaphorical  definition  of  ^/o^//^//c^  in  ten  words;"  at  another  "a 
monosyllabic  sentence  on  life,  twenty  words  in  length."  At  one  time  each 
Monk  brought  in  a  carefully  prepared  autobiography;  again,  an  extract  from 
the  writings  of  his  favorite  author,  and  again,  fifteen  peculiar  words  are 
given,  to  be  incorporated  in  a  theme  by  each  Frater.  On  one  occasion  a 
stanza  of  four  lines  on  "Woman"  was  the  order  of  the  day,  and  we  give 
below  those  voted  first  and  second  best : 

"There  is  music  and  beauty  and  rapture  and  light 
Wherever  she  wanders,  and  elsewhere  is  night. 
Oh,  the  spirit  of  Innocence  laughs  in  her  eyes, 
And  the  gods  never  fed  on  such  sweets  as  her  sighs  " 

"True  woman's  love  so  high  and  free 

Dispels  my  mind's  sad.  withering  gloom. 
And  what  would  life  without  it  be? — 
A  dreary  journey  to  the  tomb," 

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Tile  meetings  were  held  in  tiie  rooms  of  the  various  members,  in 
$pCi)kilKj  the  Dormitory,  thouo;h  quite  often  adjournment  was  taken  to  dis- 
Of  ?rats!  tant  woods  and  solitary  jilens  where  dismal  hooted  the  midnight 
owl  and  horrid  things  crept  about  in  the  inky  shadows!  Here  our 
Praters  were  in  their  element,  and  a  very  strikingly  picturesque — if  not 
gruesome — scene  they  presented  in  their  long  unearthly  robes,  standing 
solemnly  around  the  glaring  bonfire,  or  yelling  and  dancing  about  in  weird, 
wild  orgies.  Afterward  they  slept  soundly  in  their  big  tent,  and  enjoyed 
the  return  in  the  fresh  air  of  early  morning,  followed  by  good  performance  in 
the  class-room,  as  though  nothing  extraordinary  had  occurred. 

But  this  agreeable  state  of  things  could  not  last.     The  Order 

Exil  of  the  Monks  of  St.  Momus  was  altogether  too  select  an  affair. 

ZclOijalosinns.     Its  membership  included  only  the  men  of  highest  character 

and  most  brilliant  scholarship,  and  so  many  were  "not  in  it" 
that  the  members'  were  subjected  to  many  annoyances,  which  culminated 
one  evening  in  an  attempt  to  force  an  entrance  and  break  up  a  meeting. 
Faster  and  more  furious  grew  the  bombardment,  imtil  there  arrived  upon  the 
scene  "a  very  dignified  personage  whom  all  respected,"  and  the  frolic  ceased 
rather  abruptly.  That  was  the  last  official  meeting  of  the  Zelogalosians.  The 
Faculty  held  something  in  the  nature  of  a  judicial  examination,  we  under- 
stand, fining  the  marauders,  and  the  Order  of  the  Monks  was  dissolved. 
A  pledge  was  thereafter  required  of  young  men  received  into  the  College, 
to  join  no  secret  societies  during  their  connection  with  the  Institution.  We 
close  this  tale  of  the  Monks  of  St.  Momus  with  the 

"CARMEN   SANCTl    MOMI." 

(SuiiK  to  the  tune  of  "Vive  la  Coiiipagnie.") 

Levati  singuli  comites  scyphos, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 
Bibete  salutem   recenti  fratri, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 

Chorus — Vive  tu  !     Vive   tu  !     Vive   tu  !     etc,  etc.. 
Vive  Fraternitas 

Gratulans  fratrem  cum  candidu   manu, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 
Quisque  cors  palpito  varum   in   mente, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 


Wlioiii  the  boys  were  not  long  in  discoveiiii};. 

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Litera  horam  nunc  certe  habebit, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 
Faciens  puram  letitiam  cordis, 

\'ive  Fraternitas. 

Tuta  ab  visu  investigationis, 

Vive  Fraternitas. 
Ciaudio  carmine  hora'  volabunt, 

\'ive  Fraternitas. 


At    the    be^iiinin^    ot  the    last    term    of   1860-61    a    number    of 

"Ulhill        students  and  youn^  ladies  of  the  village  formed  themselves  into 

Dot  the  ''What  Not  Club,"   for  social   and  literary  enjoyment,  the 

Club."     meetings  being  held  in  rotation  at  the  Immesof  the  several  young 

lady    members.     There    were    in     all    sixtt-'cn    members — eight 

couples, — and  the  exercises,  while  mainly  literary,  were  quite  varied,  some 

features  being  decidedly  unique.     Several  of  those  who  were  members  testify 

that  they  had  glorious  times  at  these   meetings.     There  was  a   "Presiding 

Genius"  (P.  G.)   and  "Vice  Presiding  Genius"    (V.    P.   G.),  the  oftices 

going  in  turn  to  the  several  members — a  lady  and  a  gentleman  each  time. 

The  escorting  of  the  ladies  was  determined  by  drawing  lots  for  their  names. 

In  a  fanciful  sort  of  way  the  young  men  gave  the  young  ladies  titles  from 

the  books  that  charmed  them :  ''Hilda"  and   "Miriam,"  from   Hawthorne's 

Marble   Faun,    "Priscilla,"   ''Rosebud,"  etc.     The    exercises  included  the 

reading   of   the    "What   Not  Journal,"   games  of  various  sorts,  acting  of 

charades,  and  refreshments.     The   Club  only  existed  for  one   term,  when 

"it  dissolved  like  a  summer  sunset,  leaving  the  brightest  of  memories." 


There  have  been  other  literary  societies  at  Shurtleff  from  time  to  time, 
but  as  data  in  regard  to  them  is  quite  meager,  we  refrain  from  further  pro- 
longing this  chapter.  One  organization  of  a  more  or  less  questionable 
character  is  said  to  have  held  its  meetings  in  the  old  belfry  of  the 
Dormitorv. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 
ANTE-BELLUM  PROGRESS   (1856-57  THROUGH   1860-61.) 

'T'HIS  period  of  our  history  has  to  do  with  a  remarl<ahly  strong  and  intel- 
^  ligent  class  of  members — such  as  Dodge,  Steenstra,  Lawton,  Lowe, 
Woods,  Greene,  Ellis,  Warne,  Delano,  "Boh"  Smith,  Terry,  Sawyer, 
Keene,  Wren,  Vertrees  and  Thomas  Mize.  These  men  of  the  latter  '50s — 
many  of  them — have  since  made  themselves  felt  in  the  world  and  been 
strong  factors  for  good  in  the  life  of  their  time,  wherever  located. 

In  this  half-decade  many  a  iiazardous  move  was  made  on  the  checker- 
board of  our  National  life,  and  many  stirring  events  sent  the  blood  faster 
through  the  veins  of  the  true  patriot  and  lover  of  that  which  is  pure  and 
right.  Slavery,  foul  with  the  slime  of  hell,  had  reared  its  accursed  head  from 
the  Southern  marsh,  and  was  swaying  to  and  fro  over  the  fair  land,  while 
conscience  and  manhood  withered  at  its  blighting  breath.  The  cowardly 
border  ruffianism  was  rife  in  Kansas  and  Nebraska.  Lawrence  was  raided, 
Ossawattomie  attacked,  and  many  were  the  dastardly  deeds  committed 
in  the  effort  to  extend  the  domain  of  slavery  over  these  new  Western 
states. 

These  were  the  thrilling  days  when  Senator  Douglas  was  strug- 

Intcnsc      gling   so    desperately  to  maintain  his   ascendency  despite  the 

Interest  in    advent  of  the  new  Moses  whom  God  was  raising  up  to  destroy 

Campaiijn    the  power  of  the  oppressor  and  lead  all  his  people  through  the 

Oratory.     Red  Sea  of  human  blood  to  the  peaceful   shores  beyond.     The 

students  attend  en  masse  the  celebrated  Lincoln -Douglas  debate 

at  Alton  in  1858,   and  also  heard  Owen   Lovejoy   at  the  Alton   City  Hall 

during  this  campaign,  "some  of  those  who  had  helped  mob  his  famous  brother 

sitting  upon  the  platform  from  v/hich   he  spoke,  presumably   approving." 

We    quote   from  one  of  these    students  in    attendance    on  the  occasion: 

"After  all  these  years  I  still  hear  Lovejoy,  with  almost  matchless  oratory, 

at  the  end   of    an  eloquent  passage  of  great  power,    as  he   asks  with    loud 

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it 


voice,  'Do  you  duuht  it?'  And  I  lu-ar  a  WL'1I-I<ii(i\vn  pr<i-sla\cr\'  man 
standing  by  my  side  answer  in  an  equally  loud  voice,  so  that  all  heard  him, 
'Yes,  1  do,' — and  then  tlie  reply  quick  as  a  flash  from  the  platform,  'He 
that  doubteth  is  damned  already.'  After  that  tlurt.'  was  a  mighty  prolonged 
applause  and  no  more  interruptions.'' 

In  the  fall  of   1859  the  John  Brown   affair   took  place,    and   that 

Ulnr        touching  drama  of  real  life  was  enacted — Brown,  on  his  way  to 

Looms      the  gallows,  kissing  the  forehead    of  a  little  slave  child.     The 

Up.        gathering  clouds  grew  rapidly  darker,  and  the  ominous  thunder's 

mutterings  told  of  the  storm  about  to  burst  forth  in  frightful  fury, 

scattering  desolation  over  the  nation  of  the  earth  most  blessed.     In  the  fall 

of  1860  the  Southern  States  seceded   and  formed   the  "Confederacy,"  and 

April  li,  1861,  "the  shot  heard  'round  the  world"  was  fired,  and  war  was 

at  once  a  horrible  reality.     These  things  stirred  the  souls  of  young  men  in 

college — as  elsewhere,  and  it  was   not  long  until   the  Shurtleff  men  were 

nobly  responding  to  their  anguished  country's  call. 

The    five    years    of  Shurtleff    life   immediately   preceding  the 
Dr.  Rend      Civil  War  were  characterized,  however,  by  long,  steady  for- 
.flssumcs      ward  strides,     it  was  the  beginning  of  the  administration  of 
Presidency  of  Rev.  Daniel  Read,  LL.D.,  as  President.     Dr.    Read   accepted 
Shurtleff.      the  Presidency  at  a  somewhat  critical  stage  of  Shurtleff's  his- 
tory.     The  College  had   been   slightly    on  the  decline  for  a 
few  years,  but  this  strong  and  enthusiastic  man,  with  his  new  methods  and 
invincible  determination  to  make  things  go,  seemed  to  have  but  little  diffi- 
culty in  inspiring  others  with  the  spirit  of  progress.     He  supplied  the  pulpit 
of  the  Baptist  Church  for  a  time  in  connection  with  the    Presidency  of  the 
College,  and  by  his  genial  winning  way  and  sincere  kindness  gained  the 
respect  of  all  and  a  wide  and  powerful  influence.     While   very  strict  and 
positive,  so  that  the  students  generally  came  to  regard  his  will   as   law  and 
gospel,  he  was  at  the  same  time  exceedingly  kind  to  all  who  were  earnestly 
striving  to  obtain  an  education.     His  home  was  alwaysopen  to  the  students, 
and    they  were   made    to  feel    at   home  there.     He    took    in    new-comers 
frequently,  giving  them  board  and  providing  lodging  until  they  had   gotten 
comfortably  settled — often  with  the  means  of  earning  their  support. 

The  following  letter  from  Mr.  Henry  A.  Warne,  of   the  Class  of    1861, 
gives  some  idea  of  the  College  and  Society  life  of  this  period: 

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Kenwood,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  14,  1898. 

Dear  E3kothkks  and  Sisters  ; 

I  can  with  difficulty  realize  that  more  than  forty  years  have  elapsed  since  I 
entered  Shurtleft  in  the  fall  of  1856,  and  where  I  spent  the  happiest  years  of  my  life.  Years 
of  delightful  association  with  teachers  and  companions  enthusiastic  and  earnest,  fixed  many 
things  indelibly.  .  .  .  First  came  a  preliminary  course,  then  the  full-fledged  dignity  of  Fresh- 
men, of  which  our  class  (as  usual)  made  much.  We  were  then  brought  into  closer  relations 
with  professors  as  genial  and  faithful  in  their  dealings  with  us  as  any  in  the  higher  universi- 
ties—the two  amiable,  modest  Leveretts,  Prof.  Oscar  Howes,  Prof.  O.  L.  Castle,  and  later 
Prof.  Marsh.  After  the  advent  of  President  Read,  soon  came  also  his  friend  H.  N.  Kendall, 
of  St.  Louis,  a  man  of  the  most  liberal  spirit,  whose  contributions  to  the  Institution 
put  the  finances  on  a  firmer  basis.  The  student  of  that  day  looked  upon  Mr.  Kendall  as  the 
Maecenas  of  the  College,  though  other  liberal  men  like  D  J.  Hancock,  of  St.  Louis,  gave  a 
helping  hand.  Not  content  with  aiding  at  a  distance,  Mr.  Kendall's  warm  interest  in  the 
College  led  him  to  take  up  his  residence  in  Upper  Alton,  and  it  seemed  to  form  the  chief 
concern  of  his  life  to  help  the  Institution  in  every  way  possible.  His  imposing  looking 
dwelling,  his  genial  face  and  constant  presence,  his  generous  contributions  to  young  men 
needing  aid,  all  combined  to  give  him  a  position  of  great  prominence,  and  every  Collegian 
felt  assured  that  with  such  hearty  and  substantial  aid,  the  energy  of  President  Read  would 
compel  a  great  advance  in  everything,  and  we  held  ourselves  fortunate  to  have  entered  the 
College  at  such  a  time. 

How  shall  I  portray  that  student  life  which  seems  so  monotonous  to  the  superficial  eye, 
but  which  comprises  all  that  interests  and  agitates  the  larger  world  without,  but  is  more  fully 
enveloped  in  an  ethereal  atmosphere  of  intellectual  aspiration  !  .  .  .  .  My  clearest  recollec- 
tions are  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  with  which  I  was  connected.  I  seem  to  see  before  me 
that  pleasant  upper  room,  brightly  lighted  on  some  special  meeting  for  a  debate.  The  fac- 
ulty are  present  to  express  their  interest ;  President  Read  with  a  kindly  dignity,  Prof.  Howes 
with  alert  expression,  handsome  Prof.  Castle  with  a  flattering  expectation  of  worthy  per- 
formance beaming  in  his  thoughtful  eyes.  The  ladies  too  are  there,  our  most  indulgent 
critics.  It  is  a  company  of  friends,  and  the  boys  do  well  in  such  a  genial  atmosphere. 
The  debate,  we  confidently  say,  is  a  good  one  ;  all  do  themselves  credit,  and  the  meeting 
dissolves  with  many  pleasant  smiles,  the  hum  of  cheerful  voices,  and  an  agreeable  "hum- 
ming in  the  tissues"  of  all  as  they  disperse. 

Or  there  is  an  Annual  Exhibition  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  in  the  church  across  the  road,  to 
accommodate  a  larger  audience.  The  room  is  well  filled,  for  the  people  have  come  from  far 
and  near  .  .  .  The  power  and  courtesies  of  debate,  of  "  thinking  on  one's  feet,"  as  well  as 
the  more  finished  and  possibly  profounder  productions  of  the  essayist  and  critic,  the  sweet 
melodies  of  verse — all  were  developed  well  in  the  Hall  of  the  Alpha  Zeta,  and  music  too 
often  lent  its  inspiring  thrills 

I  have  not  space  to  describe  the  characteristics  of  many  individuals,  but  must  gratify 
myself  by  mentioning  our  Mark  Twain — John  Woods.  Who  would  think  of  that  fine  Greek 
and  Latin  scholar  as  a  remarkable  humorist, — but  he  was  full  of  it.  His  series  of  essays  en- 
titled "A  Critic  come  to  Judgment,"  etc  ,  created  quite  a  sensation.  Mother  Goose's  melo- 
dies and  kindred  themes  were  treated  with  such  mock  profundity  and  critical  acumen,   with 

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such  original  turns  and  sly  allusions  as  to  keep  us  laughing  "most  consumedly."  Thomas 
Mize,  who  ranked  high  among  the  College  poets,  was  the  gentlest  of  men,  not  lacking- in 
manly  brawn,  who  loved  his  friend  as  Jonathan  loved  David — and  the  ladies'  man  par-emi- 
nence. The  last  mentioned  trait  was  a  curious  and  sudden  development.  The  retiring,  ex- 
cessively modest  larva  and  chrysalis  suddenly  burst  forth  into  startling  activity  and  grace. 
It  was  a  surprise  truly,  but  no  amount  of  chaff  could  disturb  his  equipoise,  and  the  ladies 
sustained  him  well,  which  settled  the  matter.  Peter  Steenstra,  then  in  the  later  stages  of 
his  course,  had  a  peculiar  power.  His  mind  was  as  clear  and  cold  and  bracing  as  the  air  on 
a  mountain-top,  with  a  latent  lire  not  shown  in  his  style  at  all,  but  hot  as  flowing  lava  And 
there  was  Northrop  the  versatile,  an  original  in  many  ways,  with  wonderful  memory,  flow 
of  speech  and  brilliantly  picturesque  style.  He  was  well  read  in  English  literature,  and  I 
thought  of  him  as  our  College  Macaulay.  Music  had  a  fine  representative  in  the  person  of 
John  Packer,  whose  enthusiasm  in  this  direction  was  invaluable  to  the  College.  His  pecul- 
iarly fine  voice  and  able  leadership  provided  excellent  music  in  exhibitions  and  social  gath- 
erings of  the  time Athletics  hid  comparatively  scanty  representation  in  Shurtleff  in 

those  days.  "We  have  changed  all  that,"  I  suppose  the  athletes  of  the  Shurtleff  of  1898  can 
say  with  emphasis  I  .... 

That  year  iSCn,  how  full  of  startling  events — the  beginning  of  the  great  Civil  War  ! 
Sumter  fell.  With  the  heavy  thunder  of  the  cannon  the  whole  nation's  heart  was  stirredi 
and  soon  we  could  think  of  little  else  than  the  vast  conflict  developing  so  rapidly  and  porten- 
tously, big  with  fate  The  students  of  Old  Shurtlefl  were  of  course  deeply  moved  by  the 
spirit  of  the  time  Some  of  our  most  promising  students  left  us  for  the  field  and  gave  their 
lives  for  the  land  they  loved.      So  end  the  reminiscences  of  an  old  Alpha  Zetan. 

Fraternally  yours, 

H     A     WARNK 

On  tlu'  12tli  ()t  NdwinbtT,  1S50.  a  committee  was  appointed   to 
Second       inquire  the  probable  cost  of  a  new  bad^e  tor  the  Society,  and  on 
Badi}C.      the  14th  titty  baddies  were  ordered.     This  was  the  second  badge 
of  Alpha  Zeta.  and  consisted  of  the  Society  monogram    in  gold 
on  a  plain  blue  background,    l'>eing  fastened   on   the  coat  with    red   ribbon. 
One  of  the  Upper  Alton  ladies,  Mrs.  Grinstead,  is,  we  nt)te,  rendered  a  vote 
of  thanks  for  "efficient  aid"  in  preparation  of  these  badges.     They   were 
under  the  control  of  the  Society,  being  loaned  to  tlu-  members  on  state  oc- 
casions.    They  were  worn,  we  believe  for  the  first  time,  at   the   Hxliibition 
of  Dec.  19,  1856.     The  plan   of  this   Exhibition  was   arranged   by  a   com- 
mittee of  three  in  consultation  with    Prof.   CastK'.    who   also  furnished   the 
vocal  music  for  the  occasion.     Front  seats  were   reserved   lor  the  Societ_\', 
Monticello  Seminary  was  invited,  and  the  program  was  as  follows: 


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Music. 
Invocation. 

Music. 

Oration,  "Let  there  be  Light,  "  -  -  -  S.  S.  Boone 

Oration,  "Jewi.sh  Nationality,"  -  -  -         Jos.   B.  Lemen 

Music. 

Declamation,    (A'ossiit/i)  -  -  -  -  F.  M.  Ellis 

Declamation,    [GilfUkni)         -  -  -  -  J.  W.  Amiss 

Music. 

Colloquy — Scene  in  a  Student's  Room,        G.  B.  Douge  and  T.  M.  Long 

Music. 

Oration,    "Mission  of  the  Orator,"  -  -  -         H.  L.  Field 

Oration,    "The  Golden  Age  and  the  Age  of  Ciold,"  Wm.  B.  Gilbert 

Music 

Dialogue,    (selected) 

DRAM.^TIS  PERSON.^. 
Tkanscendentalist,     -  -  -  -  H.   M.   Gallaher 

Philosopher,         -  -  -  Win.  W.  Foutch 

Logician,  -  -  -  T.  A.  Slater 

Linguist,     -  -  -  -  ^  R.  B.  Smith 

Elocutionist,  -  -  -  G.  B.  Dodge 

Mathematician,     -  -  -  -        -  T.  W.  Greene 

Poet,  -        -  -  -  -  -  S.  S.  Boone 

Patriot,  -         -  -  -  -        -  Wm.  B.  Gilbert 

Yankee  Studhins,         -  -  -  -  T.  M.  Long 

Music. 

On  Oct.  24  a  liandsomely  framed  engiaviny:  of  the  Senate  of  1850  was 
brought  forth  and  presented  to  the  Society  with  an  appropriate  speech  by 
H.  L.  Field.  Some  twenty  members  had  contributed  toward  the  purchase. 
.  .  .  On  Feb.  6,  1857,  resolutions  on  the  death  of  a  former  member, 
Wm.  Randolph,  Jr.,  were  passed  by  the  Society,  and  a  copy  sent  to  his 
family.  The  resolutions  were  also  published  in  the  Alton  Courier.  At  the 
meeting  of  a  week  later,  Mr.  Maple  read  an  eulogy  on  the  deceased. 
.  On  March  20  several  amendments  to  the  By-Laws  suggested  by 
H.  L.  Field  were  adopted,  with  slight  changes.  One  of  these  amendments 
provided  for  a  roll-call  at  every  meeting,  absentees  without  reasonable 
excuse  to  be  fined  ten  cents  each. 

hi  the   spring  of    1857,    great   efforts   were   again  made  to 
DcU'  secure  a  better    location   for    the  Reading-room.     In    April 

Second  ?locr      President    Read  offered  to   deliver  a   series   of  lectures  to 
Rcailincj  Room,  which  admission  should  be  charged,  the  proceeds,  or  a  por- 
tion thereof,  to  be  used  in  fitting  up  a    new    Reading-room 
for  the  Society.     This  offer  was  very  gratefully  accepted,  and  a  committee 

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of  ten  appointed  to  proLiirf  tickets  anJ  attend  t<i  the  sale  of  same.  Tlie  cost 
of  properly  tittini:  up  a  new  Reading-room  was  estimated  at  fifty  dollars. 
On  the  22d  of  May  the  sum  of  $72.50  was  reported  on  lianLl,  and  early  in 
June  the  new  Reading-room  became  an  accomplished  fact,  the  old  fixtures 
I'leinji  disposed  of  to  help  defray  the  expense.  Wm.  P.  Hancnck  formally 
presented  the  Society  the  new  carpet  for  the  room,  ani.1  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  him  and  his  fellow-members  and  friends  who  had  assisted  in 
this  matter,  which  was  i'\identl\-  a  private  enterprise.  The  room,  which 
was  situated  on  the  second  lloor,  was  really  quite  liands(iinel\'  tittLd  up, 
and  must  have  looked  magnificent  to  tia-  eyes  of  those  boys  of  '57  as  they 
beheld  it  resplendent  in  new  cintains  and  carpet,  with  its  tall  paper-racks, 
tables  covered  with  tempting  magazines,  and  well-tilled  book-cases — all 
bathed  in  the  subdued  light  and  holy  hush  of  the  land  where  the  Muses 
tread.  On  June  9,  a  grand  dedicatory  Jubilee  was  held  in  the  Hall.  The 
orators  of  the  day  were  H.  M.  (iallaher,  J.  B.  lA-meii  and  J.  P.  Lawton, 
George  B,  Dodge  reading  a  carefully  prepared  historical  sketch  of  the  So- 
ciety. Z.  W.  Hobbs  presented  an  appropriate  poem  in  honor  of  the  occa- 
sion, and  Prof.  Castle  and  others  furnished  music.  T.  M.  Long  acted  as 
toastmaster,  and  'mid  the  temperate  hilarity  of  pure  delight  the  tlowing 
bowl  went  round — figuratively  speaking. 

On  the  19th  of  June  we  are  favored  with  a  speech  by  Mr.  B.  H.  Mills, 
of  St.  Louis,  who  soon  afterward  became  Financial  Agent  of  the  College. 
From  records  of  this  meeting  also  we  catch  a  foregleam  of  the  Great  Secret 
Society  known  as  the  ZELOGALOSIANS,  or  MONKS  OF  ST.  MOMUS. 
(See  Chap.  111.)  On  this  date,  under  the  head  of  voluntary  exercises, 
H.  M.  Gallaher  reads  a  copy  of  the  official  minutes  of  a  meeting  of  the 
"Calmucks"  on  W(.od  River  during  an  encampment  held  b\'  that  mys- 
terious body. 

Dr.  H.  R.    Rowe,   of  Bloomington,  read   a   poem   bef(»re  the 

Z.  »U.  Hobbs.     Society  at  the  Commencement  season  of   1(S57,  when  Alpha 

Ibc  Pod.        Zeta  reluctantly  bade  farewell  to  a  number  of  her  very  best 

workers  and  stanchest  supporters.     On  this  Commencement 

occasion,  as  was  not  infrequentl\'  the  case,  the  exercises  were  held   in    the 

open  air,  a  platform  being  erected    in    "the   Grove."     This  platform  was 

decorated  in    fitting    style    with    a  profusion  of   beautiful    flowers,    and  as 

Z.  W.  Hobbs,  the   sweet  singer,  ceased  speaking,  a  large   wreath  of  roses, 

becoming  detached   from   the   decorations   overhead,    fell    at   his   feet — the 

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flowers  themselves  thus  eloquently  paying  their  tribute  to  the  genius  of  the 
greatest  poet  Shurtleff  has  ever  produced. 


On  September  25,  1857,  a  communication  was  received  from  the  M.  R. 
1.  Society  requesting  us  to  ask  th^  Philomathians  to  change  their  time  of 
meeting  to  accommodate  the  M.  R.  1.— the  latter  being  the  senior  society. 
On  October  2i  a  note  from  the  Philo's  stated  that  they  had  vacated  the 
Hall,  rather  than  change  tlieir  time  of  meeting,  and  a  committee  of  one  is 
appointed  to  apprise  the  M.  R.  1.  of  the  fact. 

The  first  recess  mentioned,  occurred  October  30,  1857,  when  on 
motion  a  ten  minutes'  intermission  is  allowed.     It  did  not  become 
'^'*'^^^*     a  permanent  institution,  however,  until  some  time  afterward. 

We  notice  by  Nov.  13  tlie  audiences  had  become  so  large  that  the 
Executive  Committee  was  instructed  to  make  arrangements  for  more  seats 
in  the  Hall. 

The  periodicals  for  each  ensuing  year  were  decided  upon  in  November 
or  December,  and  we  note  the  newspapers  ordered  for  1858  included  among 
others  the  New  York  Eveniiiiy  Post,  Illinois  State  Journal,  Missouri  Daily 
Democrat,  Herald  of  Freedom,  Col.  Forney's  Press,  Carlinville  Free  Democrat, 
and  Jonesboro  Gazette;  the  Atlantic  and  American  Keview  being  among  the 
magazines  selected.  The  periodicals  for  this  year  were  ordered  through  the 
Cosmopolitan  Art  Association.  On  recitation  days  the  Reading-room  was 
heated  up  at  12  m. ;   on  Saturdays  and  Sundays  at  9  a.m. 

Nov.  27,  1857,  the  Society  met  at  the  ringing  of  the  church  bell,  and 
marched  in  a  body  to  the  church  to  attend  Thanksgiving  services. 

At  the  Annual  Exhibition  of  Dec.  18,  1857,  the  whole  Society  was 
seated  upon  a  temporary  stage  erected  for  the  purpose,  and  six  footlights 
were  secured  for  the  occasion.  The  girls  of  Monticello  Seminary  were 
invited,   as  usual.     Tlie  following  program  was  presented: 

Music. 

Invocation. 

Oration,  "Reward  of  Patient  Thought,"       -  -         M.M.Randolph 

Declamation,  [Ifarritigton,)  -  -  -  J.  W.  Amiss 

Reading  of   "The  Evening  Star,"  -         -  -  W.  P.  Hancock 

Music. 

Oration,  "Thomas  Cole,"  -  -  -  R.  B.  Smith 

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PRHSIhBNTS'   GROUP  NO    4 

I.   Daniel  H.  Drake,    6j  ,    (I>:,,|,>:»     ..... 

?•   ?f?/y  '-.Mll'^.  :^3/  ,:,    1.;;;;:^';^  t,!^:l^;%r  ^     ^VV^-V  N    Cl,a,....ers.  7... 

;    Caloway  Nash,  Y.j 


3.  Addison  B.  Tonilinson,  Ym 
4-   Thomas  J.  Keith,  Y,-;. 


>)    A.l.lison  I..  Cole,  Y.i 
"    Jnhn   I-.  Ildward,  Yif.. 


Debate,   "Resolveil,  'I'll at  tlic  rnit>n  is  tcmlini;  to  Decay." 

Allirmative,    1\  M    Ki.i.is.  N.  M.  Hkown 
Negative,    J.  I'    Lauton,    A    J    Dki.ano 

Mi'sir. 

Oration,  "Chaiactcrs  of  (ircat  Mt-n,  W     C    Lkvkhktt 

Reading  of  "The  Crescent,"  -  T    S    Luwk 

Mrsic. 

Oration,  "Literature  of  the  Bible,"  11    M.  (".ai.lahkk 

Oration,  "OlHces  of  the  True.  '     -  ')'    W.  Grekne 

Mi'sic. 

Benediction. 

''Tile  Eveniniz  Star"  lias  been  loaned  us  tor  perusal,  and  we  note 

"The  that   it  consists  of   a   short  editorial,  a    poem  —  "Too   Bright  to 

bvciliiuj     Last,"  a    liumorous   letter  from   "Mrs.  Jerusha  Partington''  — 

Sliir."     contributed  by  P.  H.  Steenstra  ;    "The  Love  of  the  Marvelous" 

— an    essay    by    H.   A.    Warnt';     "Cieneral   News,'  ami  Z.   W. 

Hobbs"  "Apostrophe  to  Shurtleff." 


On  Saturday  evening,  October  30,  1858,  .Wr.  A.  W.  Alexander,  of  St. 
Louis,  delivered  before  the  Society  an  address,  entitled  "Napoleon."  We 
note  it  was  the  custom  from  this  time  on,  for  a  ^iood  many  years,  for  the 
Society  to  have  in  the  course  of  the  colleo;e-year  several  lectures  by 
prominent  men.  Admission  was  charged  in  most  cases.  Prof.  Castle 
usually  arranged  for  the  music. 

In  November  two  amendments  to  the  By-Laws  are  passed;  \iz., 
**3ournflr'  that  the  business  portion  of  the  program  shall  follow  the  literary 
Inslilulcd.  part,  and  that  an  editorship  shall  be  established  and  a  Society 
paper  read  at  regular  meetings.  On  Dec.  3,  the  literary  e.xer- 
cises  are  accordingly  the  first  thing  on  the  program,  and  the  ALPHA  ZH TA 
JOURNAL,  Vol.  I,  No.  1,  is  read  by  H.  H.  Northrop.  The  edit<.rs  were  at 
first  elected  as  a  committee  of  two,  at  each  election  of  oliticers. 

The  program  of  the  Annual  L.xhibition  of  l)ec.  22,  IS.^S,  was  arranged 
by  those  who  took  part,  the  debaters  choosing    their  own   question.     The 

I  One  item  tieiii;;,  "It  is  ciiri t-iitly  i'e|>urtc<l  tli.it  I'le^iiduiit  Diicli.iii.iii  is  tMit;  i^cd  to  liu  iiiiirrii-il  to 
a  yoiint;  Kill,  who  is  at  pieseiit  .illeiidiiiK  school  at  Moiiticcllo.  Wu  hope  ih.il  when  His  Honor 
intends  calling  at  the  Seiii.  he  will  have  it  anrioiiiired  beforehand,  in  time  Tor  the  yoiiiii;  ladies  to 
asseinhle  nn  the  front  w.ilk.  at  llie  door  and  at  tin;  wimlows  and  iin-ivi-  him  in  llie  most  approved 
style    ■ 

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students  wtMV  all  admitted  free,  the  customary  invitation  being  extended  to 
tin-  Pliilo's.     Here  is  tlie  program: 

Mrsi. 

Invocation. 

Music. 

Oration,  "The  Puritan  Spirit,'  ...  -  T.S.Lowe 

Declamation,  "Corrupters  of  Youth,"         -  -         -  N.  A.  Boyer 

Oration.    "Brotherhood  of  Humanity,"         -  -  -     H.  A.  Warne 

Mt'sic. 

•Declamation,  "The  K.xpunging  Resolution,"  -         -  A.  C.  Keene 

Oration,  "Superstition,"         -  -  -  -  L.  P.  Kinman 

Music. 

Oration,  "John  Hampden,"  -  -  -  H.  H.   Northrop 

Oration,  "Alton,"  -  -  -  -  J.    H.   Woods 

Music. 

r")ebate:      "Resolved,      That  the   Monastic  System  was 
Beneficiil  to  Science." 

Affirmative,   A.  J.  Delano.     Negative,  F.  M.  Ellis 
Decision   by    President    of    A.    Z.,    T.    W.    Greene 

Mi;  .SIC. 

Benediction. 

In  the  spring  ot  1859  the  time  of  meeting  was  changed  from  7:00  to 
7:iU  p.  m.,  the  custom  for  many  years  afterward  being  to  open  the  meet- 
ings at  7:00  in  winter  and  7:30  in  summer,  hi  May,  Mr,  John  Fitch,  of 
Alton,  addressed  the  Society,  and  in  June  we  were  favored  with  a  lecture  by 
Hon.  E.  L.  Bates,  of  St.  Louis.  On  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  May  24,  the 
Society  is  royally  entertained  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Woods,  at  their  delight- 
ful country-seat,  "Wild wood." 

The  Commencement  Address  before  the  Society,  on  June  23,  1859,  was 
delivered  by  Rev.  H.  J.  Eddy,  of  Bloomington,  in  "the  Grove,"  the  famil- 
iar appellation  of  a  large  group  of  forest  trees  which  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
present  base-ball  diamond. 


At  the  beginning  of  the  College  year  1859-60,  the  matter  of  securing  a 
Commencement  speaker  was  brought  up  the  first  thing,  and  a  committee 
appointed  to  present  three  names  from  which  to  ciioose  an  orator  and  two 
names  from  which  to  choose  a  poet.  About  this  time  it  became  the  custom 
to  confer  with  the  President  of  the  College  in  regard  to  the  gentlemen  from 
time  to  time  requested  to  address  the  Society.      Ere   long  an   amendment  to 

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the  Cdnstitutioii  is  adopted,    to  the  el'tect  lluU  tin-  FadiUy  be  first  notified 
before  requesting  a  gentleman  to  addrt-ss  us. 

Oct.  7  a  communication  is  read  from  the  Sigma   Phi   S(j- 
Kcroscnc  Lamps    ciety  inquiring  on  wliat  terms  they   may  "have  haU'  of  our 
anJ  Clbcr  Keading-room."      It    is    decided    tliat    said    right   will    he 

Improvements,  granted  permanently  on  condition  of  tiieir  paying  us  550. UU, 
During  tlie  fall  of  1859  the  Society's  acti\ity  in  all  direc- 
tions was  greatly  stimulated  by  the  efforts  at  advancenu-nt  on  tht-  part  of 
the  lately  created  Sigma  Phi.  A  special  committee  is  appointed  to  secure 
funds  for  replenishing  the  library,  the  floor  is  painted,  Webster's  picture 
framed,  and  the  Executive  Committee  instructed  to  "see  what  c<»al-oil 
lamps  cost  in  St.  Louis."  We  note  later  that  suitable  lamps  cannot  be  ob- 
tained in  Alton.  Four  Breckenridge  lamps  are  at  length  procured  for  tlie 
chandelier,  l^ater  a  globe  and  chimney  are  ordered  t(»  be  gotten  in  St. 
Louis,  and  repairs  of  all  kinds  must  be  obtained  in  that  city.  Kerosene, 
or  "coal-oil,"  was  a  comparati\'e  novelty  at  this  time,  and  the  nt-w  chande- 
lier then  procured  seems  to  have  been  considered  an  exceedingly'  mar\elous 
thing.  The  question  of  enlarging  and  otherwise  improving  the  Hall  is  also 
\'igorousIy  agitated,  and  considerable  money  spent  in  the  impro\ements. 

On  Nov.  1(S  the  question  tor  debate  was:  "Resoked.  That  the  Execu- 
tion of  John  Brown  will  be  Beneficial  to  American  Society."  .  .  .  On 
Dec.  8,  LS59,  Hon.  Thos.  Dimmock,  of  St.  Louis,  gave  a  lecture  before  the 
Society,  soon  afterward  being  elected  an  honorar\-  member. 

The  Annual  Exhibition  of  Dec.  12,  1859,  was  prepared  with  especial 
care,  and  on  the  appointed  evening  the  church  was  crowded.  Foll«»wing  is 
the  program : 

Prayer. 
Music. 

Oration,    "The  Iniellect  and  the  Heart,  Uknkv  A.  Waksk 

Oration,     "Alexanckr  von  Humboldt."  H.  H    Noktiikop 

Mt'sic 

Leaves  from  the  .\.  Z    Journal,  read  by  -       -        Fk.vm  is  M.  Ki.i.is 

Or.ition,     "Knowledpe  and  Wisdom,"  )()1in  W    Tkrkv 

Mu.sii 

Debate:     "Kesolved,      lli.it  more  enjoyment  isderivable 
from  Imagination   than   Memory." 
Adirmativc,  .Vi.k.xandkk  J    Dki.ano      Negative.  John  H.  Woods 
Music. 
Leaves  from  the  A    /    Journal,  reaii  by  -  Thomas  S.  Mi/e 

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Oration,    "The  Standard  of  Honor,"         -         -         -  John  Sawyer 

Music. 

Comedy,    "Hob  and  Nob,"  (scene  in  a  boarding  house  ) 

I  Hob  [  a  hatter]        -  -  Francis    M.    Ellis 

DRAMATIS     PHKSON/l-:.-,' Nob  [  a  printer]  -  -        John  H.   Woods 

/  Bouncer,  [  landlord  1    -      -  Albert  C.  Keene 

Music. 

Oration,    "The  Law  of  Sympathy,"     -         -         -        Thomas  W,  Greene 
Music. 
Benediction. 

Ill  1860  vvhfn  the  Prince  of  Wales  made  his  \'isit  to  the  great  St.  Louis 
Fair,  sewrai  of  the  Shurtleff  boys  had  the  opportunity  of  seeing  him  as  he 
took  iiis  first  \'iew  of  the  mighty  Mississippi,  while  waiting  for  the  steamer  at 
Alton.  One  of  the  boys  describes  him  as  a  young  fel'ow  of  rather  slight  build, 
plainly  dressed,  and  carrying  "a  slender  ivory-topped  cane,  now  and  then  a 
Httle  nervously  applied  to  his  Hps;"  and  tlie  Duke  of  Newcastle,  his  guar- 
dian attendant,  as  "a  gray-haired  gentleman  of  no  imposing  figure,  also 
plainly  clad  and  hardly  filling  our  ideas  of  a  great  nobleman." 


In  the  spring  of  hSOU,  measures  were  taken  to  refit  the  Hall  in 
Hdll  great  style.     The  mantel-pieces  were  taken  down,  the  Hall  fres- 

Kciliitifiillv  coed,  papered  and  painted,  and  the  entire  room  renovated  and 
^tCfitlcd.  fixed  up  into  really  elegant  shape.  The  committee  in  charge 
of  tliis  business  was  authorized  to  draw  all  the  money  from 
the  treasury  for  the  purpose.  The  work  was  pushed  very  vigorously  indeed, 
frequent  called  meetings  being  held  in  order  to  examine  wall-paper,  make 
recommendations,  etc.  For  about  six  weeks  during  May  and  parts  of  April 
and  June,  the  society  was  obliged  to  meet  in  the  Chapel,  on  account  of  the 
work  being  done  in  the  Hall.  Picture  hangings,  tassels,  etc.,  were  procured, 
and  the  woodwork  was  grained  "a  light  oak  color."  At  length  the  work 
was  completed,  and  the  Hall  seemed  like  an  entirely  different  place  as  it 
shone  forth  in  all  its  beauty.  On  the  8th  day  of  June  it  was  re-opened 
with  great  eclat,  notices  having  been  prex'iously  posted,  and  Sigma  Phi  in- 
vited to  attend.     The  order  of  exercises  was  as  follows  : 

Siluiaiion,    President  Greene. 
Regular  Literary  Exercises  of  the  evening. 
Toasts — one  for  each  College  class 
Voluntary  Toasts. 
Poem,   T.  S    Mize 

Mr.  John  H.  Woods  officiated  as  toastmaster       The  Messrs.  Perkins  were 
invited  to  sing. 

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This  sprinji  als<»  a  committft-  is  appointt'd  to  ascertain  and  write-  out  for 
the  Society  the  exact  and  full  rules  and  re^zulations  of  the  Faculty  with  n-s- 
pect  lO  our  Society.  A  deal  is  at  k-n^th  made-  with  Si^iina  Phi  l\\'  which 
she  is  to  share  equalK'  with  Alpha  Zeta  in  the  prixik-^it-s  nf  tin-  Keadint:- 
room,  expenses  to  he  home  conjointly,  and  Si^ima  Phi  to  expend  525.00  upun 
improvements  in  tlu'  Knom. 

On  March  .^0,  LS60,  our  Alpha  Zeta  private  projiram  for  tin-  first  time 
hears  resemblance  to  the  variegated  proj^ram  of  to-day.  We  note  that  an 
essay,  an  oration,  Journal  and  debate  in  ike  up  the  profzrain,  thr  subject 
discussed  bein^z:  ''Rt'so/vt\i,  That  it  is  Beneficial  to  a  Student  to  bt-  Poor." 
The  question  chosen  for  debate  May  25th  was  as  follows:  '' KesolveJ.  That 
the  Choice  of  Candidate  for  Presidency  made  by  the  Chica^io  Conwntion 
(Abraham  Lincoln)  was  the  Best  that  Could  have  been  Made." 


On  Oct.  5,  1860  the  following  resolution  was  adopted:  "Kesolveii, 
That  we  are  opposed  to  importunately  soliciting  Students  to  join  our 
Society,  or  berating  any  other  Society  in  College.'"  .  .  .  On  No\'.  16 
the  following  improvements  and  alterations  in  the  Reading-room  are  ri-c<im- 
mended  by  tiie  committee  in  charge  of  this  work: 

Three  new  paper-racks  and  a  desk  placed  in  ro(tm; 

Twelve  patent  paper-holders  placed  on  the  lu-w  desk; 

Three  arm-chairs  purchased  for  the  room. 

The  Exhibition  of   1<S60  occurred  on    LJec.  21,  M.  K.  I.,  Sigma 

Prize         Phi   and   the    Faculty    being    invited    to   attend,   as   usual.     A 

txhibilion.     string  band  was  employed  for   the  occasion,  and    a   prize  book 

was  awarded  for  the  best  declamation.      The  program  included 

two  declamations,    four  orations,    poem,    paper,    debate    and    a   farce-.      Mr. 

P.  G.  Weyhrich  won  the  prize. 

On  Feb.  21,  Mr.  Forman,  of  Alton,  lectures  before  the  Society. 
On  Feb.  11,  under  the  head  of   voluntary  exercises,  Terrx'  proposes  a  toast 
t(»  Washington,  which  is  responded  to  by  iJelano.      Keene  announces  "The 
Star    Spangled    Banner,"    and    Wren     ri-spoiuls,     A    voluntary    oration    is 
delivered  by  Terry  upon  "Rewards." 


I   Wliirli  resolution  li.is  l>rfn  pri'lly  well   .idlicrcil  lo  l>v  tlip  Soricly,  and  lias  rt-siillcd  in  Kf-il  bfiichl. 


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In  the  spring  of  1861  the  boys  were  debating  such  questions  as 

''Resolved,  That  a  Division  of  the  Union  of  the  United  States  would  be 
BtMK'titial  to  the  People." 

" Resolved,   That  Lincoln  should  hold  and  furnish  Supplies  to  the  Forts 
ill  the  Seceding  States." 

The  exciting  events  in  our  National   life   were   now   fast   absorbing   all 
interest  and  attention,  and  college  life  was  a  secondary  matter  indeed. 

On  one  occasion,  about  the  spring  of  1861,  when  the  war-fever 
**/1  Hot  was  at  its  height,  one  of  our  members,  being  on  for  an  essay,  had 
Time."  chosen  to  write  a  "Justification"  of  the  South  in  taking  up  arms 
against  the  North.  "By  the  time  he  had  finished,"  we  are  told, 
"yes,  and  before,  the  people  in  their  adjacent  homes  for  two  blocks  away 
tiiought  there  was  war  in  reality.  The  audience,  ladies  and  all,  stood  upon 
their  seats,  hissing,  cheering  and  waving  whatever  came  into  their  grasp." 
Our  informant,  when  he  thinks  of  that  eventful  night,  is  reminded,  he  says, 
of  the  sublime  classic,  ''There'll  he  a  Hot  Time  in  the  Old  Town  To-night." 


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PRtSIDHNTS'  GROUP  NO.  5. 


1.  Samuel  D.  Badger,  '68. 

2.  *John  B.  English,  "66. 

3.  Lemuel  J.  Hancock,  '6i(. 


4.  Charles  B.  Roberts.  '68. 

5.  Irenaeus  I).  Foulon.  '64. 

6.  John  W.  Hrimm.  '68. 


7.  William  S.  Roberts,  '71. 

8.  Solomon  Draper,  '66. 


riiAi'i  i:i\  w 

AN   ERA  OF   INTHNSh:   AC1I\H^    (isr.l-f.i   THK()i;(,ll    ISf/^-Zo. ) 

nPHH  year  1801 -()2  t)pt.'iK'i.l  'miJ  llic   lioiiois   ot  war,  and  tlit-  lirst  qiicstinn 

chosen  for  debate  is,   ''Rrsolvt'if,  That  Christianity  fnibids  War  undir 

ail  Circumstances."     Declamation  is  now  included  as  part  of  the  exercises 

of  the  Public  Meetinjis.      In  No\'eml^i  r  wi-  note  the  formation  of  the  Alpha 

Zeta  Glee-Club  by  Mr.  C.  h.  Bristol,  who  is   also  acti\'e   in    the 

?ir$l      purchasinti,   ne.xt  year,   of  a  tine  new  piano  for  the  Society — the 

Sociciv    first  we  ever  had.     It  was  a  Marshall  &  Tra\er,  and  upon  its  arrival 

Pinno.     from   St.  Louis  the   boys   proceeded   to    boost    it    up   to  the   fourth 

floor.     This  was    no  easy  task,  but  was  soon  safely  accomplished. 

During  xacations   the   piano  was  loaned  or  rented,  President  Read's  family 

being  given  the  use  of  it  one  summer,  and   Messrs.    Drapir  and  Thanb\'ah 

using    it    at    other    \acation  times.     A  year  or  so  afterward   it  was  rented 

at   five  dollars  per  term,  and    still   later,   members  were  allowed  to  use  it 

gratis,  provided  such  use  were  out  of  stud\'  hours.     The  music  of  thes(»ciety 

was,    up  to  this  time,   and   even   somewhat   later,   largely    on  the   church 

style,  song-books  being  distributed  and  all  taking  part  in  concert.    We  note 

some  time  after  this  that  A.  1-.  Cole  purchases  on  bthalf  of  the  Society  the 

necessary    hymn-books  for    use  at  an    Annual   t.xhibition.      Considerable 

money  is    spent  by  the  Society   for  song-books  and  sheet  music  in   these- 

years;     also    for  tiie   instruction   and  training    of   the    (ilee-Club,    which, 

besides    Bristol    and    Cole,  comprised  such  singers  as  Chambers,    l.oomis, 

Phillips,    Stone,    Dorward,    Miller,    Coffey,    O.    B.    Read    and    Thanbyah. 

The   Glee-Club  was  well  maintained,  and  formed  a   strong  dependence  of 

the  Society   for   music   at  b:)th  public  and  private  meetings,   although  Prof. 

and   Mrs.    E.    A.   Haight,    (now   of   Kirkwood,    Mo.,)    Mrs.    Prof.    Mitchell. 

Miss  Hattie  iJaniels,  the  Misses  Pattison   and   si'wral  others  often  assisted 

us  very  greatly  with  the  music. 

The  JOURNAL  of   Nov.    22,    ISOl.   edited    by     T.  S.    Mize   and    R.   C. 
$:nalley,  contains  the  following  brief  editorial,  which  is  but  an   indication  of 

03 


how  little  the  North  dreamed — even  after  the  vivid  object-lessons  of  Sumter 
and  Bull  Run — what  an  awful  war  was  on: 

In  assuming  the  duties  of  our  position  as  Editors  of  the  Journal,  we  send  greetings  to 
its  friends  and  patrons,  hoping  that  the  interest  which  they  have  heretofore  taken  in  its  wel- 
fare may  still  continue.  The  principles  and  line  of  policy  adopted  by  it  in  times  past  it 
will  still  boldly  and  defiantly  proclaim,  meeting  if  need  be  the  scowl  of  the  offended  and  the 
smile  of  the  well-wisher.  With  our  colors  unfurled  and  our  principles  proclaimed,  we  shall 
wage  the  battle  of  the  right,  and  we  the  chosen  few  who  are  assembled  here  to-night  should 
esteem  it  a  happy  privilege  that  we  are  permitted  to  enjoy  the  necessities  of  life,  the  com- 
forts of  home  and  our  accustomed  privileges  whilst  the  very  pillars  of  society  are  being 
shaken  to  their  lowest  depths,  whilst  our  country  is  tottering  to  and  fro  with  convulsions 
which  threaten  its  perpetuity,  whilst  war  with  its  attendant  train  of  evils  is  desolating  some 
parts  of  our  country,  and  whilst  the  cry  of  woe  is  heard  from  our  sick  and    suffering  soldiers. 

Yet  we  hope  ere  drear  winter  has  passed  that  the  cloud  that  now  darkens  our  political 
horizon  may  be  seen  rolling  back,  and  that  happy  spring-time  with  its  bright  skies,  its  open- 
ing buds  and  the  cheerful  song  of  its  birds,  may  bring  happier  times  for  us.  Therefore, 
entrusting  to  Providence  the  events  of  the  future,  we  submit  to  our  friends  this  evening  the 
JotJRN.M.,  hoping  that  it  may  deserve  your  attention  and  meet  your  approval. 

Here  is  a  specimen  of  the  jokes  contained  in  this  Journal: 

Will  the  Sophomores  please  solve  this  problem  :  "If  hair  is  worth  $2  a  bushel,  how 
much  will  the  Junior   whiskers  come  to?" 

A  Ki'eat  fad  of  the  Journal  in  these  days  was  the  writing  up 
"Chronicles."    of  various  incidents  of  the  College  life,  Society  roasts,  etc., 

in  the  form  of  "Chronicles,"  the  chapters  being  numbered 
consecutively  Irom  issue  to  issue.  Chapter  19  tells  us  of  the  "decree 
issued  by  Daniel  the  Learned,'"  that  the  "prophets"  should  cease  a  pleasing 
pastime  in  whicii  they  had  been  indulging,  viz.,  piling  hay^  against  the  door 
of  tile  "luwer  of  wood  and  drawer  )f  water, "^  named  Voss,  insomuch  that 
he  was  unable  to  make  his  exit  from  his  room.  Another  somewhat  amusing 
incident  which  had  recently  occurred  is  vividly  portrayed  thus: 

Now  it  came  to  pass  that  certain  young  prjphets  went  to  mike  music  for  Martha,  a  fair 
damsel.  Now  it  came  to  pass,  after  they  had  sounded  the  psaltery  and  the  harp,  Susan,  the 
mother  of  Martha,  came  to  the  door,  and  Nathan  embraced  and  kissed  her,  thinking  that 
she  was  Martha.  Then  Susan  smote  Nathan  and  told  him  to  depart  to  his  home.  Now 
this  made  Nathan  exceeding  wroth,  for  Susan  ruffed  up  his  whiskers,  of  which  he  was  very 
proud. 

1  President  Read. 

2  We  presume  this  fniiiished  the  subsistence  of  tliesc  students. 
5  Janitor. 

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In  liccfiiibci,  Kf\ .  l)r.  Smith,  i>t  (ioJlu-v,  lt.».turii.l  bi-fun.-  the  Socifty 
on  tho  suhject,  "The  Divine  and  Human  in  tlu-  Pri-scnt  War.'' 

The*  Puhhc  Mt-etin^is  now  consisted  ol  essay,  declamation  and  Journal, 
with  debate  by  two  participants,  and  occurred  every  third  Friday  eveniny. 
Extemporaneous  criticism  ol  debate  at  these  meetin^is  is  ab(»lished.  One 
of  the  questions  discussed  at  this  time  is  as  follows: 

' ' Rcsolvt'ii ,  That  the  Si^ns  of  the  Times  indicate  a  speedy  Restoration 
of  Peace." 

^  ...^       One-half  the  proceeds  of  the  Annual   h.\hibiti(»n  of  December, 
|),|..f        1^>61,  was  devoted   to  the   relief,  through   the   Upper  Alton  Aid 
Society,  of  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers. 
J.uiuary  24,  1862,  is  the  first  time  a  proaiam  is  inserted  in  the  minutes 
in  anythin^i  like  modern  style.     It  consists  of  criticism  on  essay,  declama- 
tion, two  essays,  debate,  JOURNAL  and  music.     The  projiram  of  tlu-  Public 

Meeting  of  Di^c.  14,  1862,  was  as  follows: 

Music,  "A  Hundred  Years  Ago  and  a  Hundred  Years  to  Come." 

Messrs.   Bristol  and  Cole 

Criticism  on  Cooper's  Essay,         .         .         .         .     Levi  Fosdick. 

Essay,  "Something  of  Feeling,  "         -         -         -         C.  A.  Hobbs. 

Criticism  on  Boyer's  Kssay,   -         -  -  C.  E.  Bristol. 

Declamation,  •Washington's  Sword  and  Franklin  s  Staff,  " 

K.  A    Stewart 

Essay.   "Wait,"  ------  E.  Whitney 

Music,  "Placing  a   Daughter  at   School,  "       -  -      Messrs.  Bristol  and   Cole 

Debate:   "Resolved,  That  Moral  Causes  have  exerted  a  greater  Influence 
in  forming  National  Character  than  Physical  Causes." 
Affirmative,  H.  H.  Beach  Negative.   H    M    Street. 

A     Z.   Journal.  -         -  -  -  -  -  N.  A.  Boyer. 

Music.  "Lilla  Lee.  "  Solo  and  Duett,        -         -         -     Messrs.  Bristol  and  Cole. 

At  this  time  the  oftlce  of  Treasurer  is  made  a  distinct  one,  and  to  the 
two  Standing  Committees — Executive  and  Question — are  added  the  Auditing 
and  Reading-room  Committees.  The  duties  of  the  latter  one  included 
posting  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  Room  the  names  of  those  entitled  to 
its  privileges  and  the  regulations  governing;  also  to  present  on  or  before 
the  first  of  December  a  list  of  the  periodicals  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Rev.  L.  C.  Carr,  of  Jerseyville,  lectured  before  the  Society 

KcaililKj-K\vm    nn  April  14,  1862.     On  April  IS,  the  Glee-Club  for  the  first 

Tiiriicil  Over     time  gave  music  at  a  Public  Meeting.     April  25,  the  question 

10  ?ilCiiHs.       discussed  is,  "Rt'SolvcJ,  That  the   President's   Resolution  in 

regard  to  Emancipation  Ought  to  be   Adopted."     On   this 

evening  also  it   is  decided  that  the   Reading-room    be  tiuiu-d  o\er   to  tlu- 

Faculty  of  the  College,  according  to  tlu-  followint'  rc-solulion : 

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A\-so/7'id.  That  we  resign  to  the  Faculty  of  Shurtleff  College  our  right  in  the  Reading- 
room,  provided  that  they  (the  honorable  Faculty)  shall  collect  termly  from  every  student 
such  a  sum  as  they  shall  deem  sufficient  to  maintain  the  Reading-room  in  good  style,  and 
that  they  use  the  money  thus  collected  in  procuring  such  magazines,  journals,  newspapers, 
etc.,  as  they  shall  deem  proper,  and  spend  the  residue  in  defraying  the  incidental  expenses  ; 
and  provided  that  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society  release  the  Sigma  Phi  Society  from  the  amount 
yet  to  be  expended  by  them  in  the  Reading-room,  viz.,  $7.91  ;  and  provided  further  that  if 
the  Faculty  shall  at  any  time  wish  to  be  released  from  this  agreement,  it  is  distinctly  under- 
stood that  the  said  Reading-room  is  to  be  delivered  again  to  the  Alpha  Zeta  and  Sigma  Phi 
Societies  as  equal  owners. 

This  resolution  is  not  to  take  effect  until  a  similar  one  shall  have  been  passed  by  the 
Sigma  Phi  Society. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  college-year,  toasts  to  the  Senior  and  Junior 
classes  are  proposed  and  responded  to. 


All  the  exercises  of  the  Society  were  tinged  more  or  less  deeply  with  the 
spirit  of  the  great  Civil  conflict  which  was  going  on  and  in  which  all  were  so 
vitally  interested.  It  was  of  course  impossible  to  keep  the  matter  out  of  one's 
thoughts,  and  debate,  essay  and  oration  were  pregnant  with  ideas  and  con- 
jectures upon  the  vital  issue  of  the  hour,  while  the  music,  re-echoing  the 
rapid  pulse-beats  of  the  Nation,  consisted  mainly  of  war-songs  and  express- 
ions of  loyalty  to  the  Union. 

A  new  badge  was  adopted  in  the  fall  of  1862,   "of  silver  or  galvan- 

Tbird      izcd  compound,"  bearing  the  monogram  of  A.  Z. ;   and  as  had  been 

Biidijc.    the  custom  previously,  the  badges  were  entrusted  to  the  care  of  the 

Treasurer,   being  obtained  from  him  only  on  the  proper  occasions. 

This  was  the  third  badge  of  Alpha  Zeta,    and  we   are  inclined  to  the  belief 

that  it  was  the  large,  round  one. 

The  Exhibition  this  fall  was  about  three  weeks  earlier  than  usual. 
Five  hundred  programs  were  printed — a  much  larger  number  than  ever  be- 
fore. A  large,  substantial  stage  was  built  for  the  occasion,  the  expense 
and  labor  being  shared  equally  with  Sigma  Phi.  This  stage  was  long  used 
by  the  two  Societies  in  public  entertainments  held  at  the  church.  A  carpet, 
curtains,  and  "stage  fixtures"  were  purchased  for  this  platform.  The  net 
receipts  from   this  Exhibition  were  $35.25. 

About  the  middle  of  December,  Mr.  Enos  Clark,  of  St.  Louis,  gave  a 
very  interesting  and  instructive  lecture  before  the  Society,  on  the  subject, 

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"Illusiniis; "     aiul    Prnl.   Castli-  ;ilsn  kctun-J  hi-tori-  us  on    "Aiuii'iit   hpit 
Poetry." 

As  \vt"  have  suimesteJ  hy  a  previous  instaiKi-,  it  was   customary 

Dctllb       not  only   to  pass  resolutions  of  respect   and   sympathy  up«»n  the 
Ol  death    tit    a  niemher,    but   also  to  appoint   some  one  t(»  deli\'er  an 

I).  ^.Bovcr.  eulojzy  on  the  deceasi-d.  tarl\'  in  January.  1S6.^,  Mr.  Nicholas  A. 
Bt)yer,  one  of  our  prominent  activ'i-  memhi-rs  dietl  of  consumpti(»n 
durinji  his  course  of  stud\-.'  Mr.  C.  h.  Bristol  prepan-d  and  nad  tin-  sUi-tch 
c(»mmemorati\e  of  his  lite.  We  ^i\e  hi-low  tiu-  re'SoUitions  passed  at  tlu'  time 
b\'  the  Society: 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  Clod  to  remove  from  earth  N  A  lioyer,  a 
brother-member  of  our  Society,  and 

Whereas,  we  desire  to  express  in  some  degree  our  deep  sorrow  at  the  loss  which  we 
not  only  as  a  Society  but  also  as  individuals  have  suffered  in   his  death;     Therefore,    be  it 

A't'so/7<tf.  that  while  we  bow  submissively  to  the  will  of  God,  we  feel  that  we  have  lost 
a  faithful  friend,  our  Society  a  devoted  member,  and  the  ministry  one  who  with  his  brilliant 
talents  and  sterling  Christian  virtues  bade  fair  to  do  valiant  warfare  in  the  cause  of 
Christ. 

A'fso/7'ed,  that  while  we  deeply  deplore  his  loss,  we  consider  it  another  voice  from  the 
spirit-land  renewing  to  us  the  divine  injunction,  "lie  ye  also  ready," 

A'fsoiiTd,  that  we  herewith  express  to  the  relatives  and  friends  of  the  deceased  our 
heartfelt  sympathy  in  this  time  of  deep  affliction  which  they  are  called  upon  to  sufler  by  the 
death  of  our  mutual  friend 

On  January  9,  the   Society,  in  response  to  tlu-  solicitation  ol  the 
.flipbfl   Zcia  U.  S.  Literary  Leayjue  to  tx-come  a  member  of  that  (»r^anization, 
Joins  U.S.  accepted,   and  elected  a    Recent  and  Vice-Kejzent    to  represent 
l.itcriiri        them    in  said   League.      The  pledjze    was  then  administered  in 
I.CtUjuc.        executive    session,    and  the  "sijiii    of  rL-cou'nition"  and   "pass- 
word" ^iven.     The  Ke^'ent  is  instructed  to  vote  for  the  admission 
of  certain  collejje  literary  societies.     Later  he  is  instructed  to  vote  to  abol- 
ish the  secrecy  of  the  League. 

The  custom  arises  at  this  time  ot  appointing  declaimers  in  alphabetical 
order  from  the  roster,  and  very  soon  afterward  this  practice  is  followed  in 
appointing  participants  for  the  Public  Meetings.  Feb.  L^  it  is  decided  that 
the  Public  Meetinu  shall  be  held  on  the  secimd  Friday  of  each  month  durinp 

the  college-year In  March  the  Emancipation  Proclamation   as    a   war 

measure  is  discussed ;   another  question  has  to  do  with  the  policy  on   tin- 
part  of  the   North   of  arming  negroes  in  the  present  war;  and  others  are — 

I   He  was  Icndcrly  nursed  dtiriiiK  his  illness,  iit  the  lininc  uf  Prof.  Cisdc. 

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"Has  thf  War  Power  a  Legal  Right  to  Restrict  the  Liberty  of  the  Press  in 
the  Loyal  States?"  and  "Was  Daniel  Webster  a  Greater  Blessing  to  the 
World  than  Noah  Webster?" 

Amendments  to  tlie  By-Laws  are  passed  in  March  providing  for  a 
declamation  in  connection  with  each  regular  debate,  and  also  providing  for 
a  critic  upon  all  the  exercises,  to  report  smne  evening.  This  is  the  first 
record  of  a  general  critic,  but  from  this  time  on  the  appointment  of  special 
critics  (except  upon  essays)  seems  to  have  been  practically  done  away  with. 

At  the  close  of  this  college-year,  each  member  pledged  himself  to  pro- 
cure during  vacation  at  least  one  book  for  the  library. 

Among  the  lecturers  who  addressed  the  Society  in  the  spring  of  1863, 
we  note  Rev.  C.  H.  Foote,  of  Jerseyville,  May  26.  Rev.  A.  H.  Burling- 
luim,  then  pastor  of  the  Second  Baptist  church,  St.  Louis,  delivered  the 
Annual  Commencement  Address  before  the  Societies. 


The  year  '63-4  opened  at  a  very  exciting  time  indeed — the  fiercest  and 
bloodiest  stage  of  the  war.  The  issue  was  still  uncertain  save  to  the  eye 
of  faith,  though  Gettysburg  and  Vicksburg  had  been  foregleams  of  the 
triumph  of  truth  and  liberty  which  was  sure  to  come.  The  all-absorbing 
crops  out  in  various  ways,  in  November,  when  the  hot  breath  of  battle  was 
pouring  up  from  Tennessee,  one  of  our  Recording  Secretaries  heads  his 
record  of  a  meeting  with  red  and  blue  stripes  inclosing  a  bit  of  the  white' 
of  the  page,  on  which  is  written  several  times, — "Union!"   "Union!  !" 

Such  questions  as  the  following  were  discussed  with  fiery  earnestness: 

''Resolved,  That  our  Government  should  Prevent  the  Fitting  out  of 
Confederate  War  Vessels  in  English  Ports,  even  at  the  Expense  of  War 
with  Great  Britain." 

''Resolved,  That  our  Government  should  send  Secession  Sympathizers 
beyond  the  Lines." 

The  debates  became  so  long,  apparently,  that  this  fall  for  the  first 
time  a  fifteen -minute  recess  is  taken  regularly  at  private  meetings.  During 
this  interim  the  Society  often  enjoyed  impromptu  music  from  visitors,  as 
well  as  members. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  prices  had  soared  so  far  skyward  that  the 
Society  was — for  example— paying  80  cents  a  gallon  for  kerosene  oil,  the 

I   Now  yellow  with  age. 

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I.  John  K.  Rolicrls,  'yn 


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Robert  T   Stillwel  .   70         t    Rur    Mill.   '"''''•   '*■        ''  •'-""I"")-  "    KmkIjsI,. 
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'<  lisha  KiiKlJHh. 
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Hall  was  at  this  tiiriL'  re-carpetcd  and  tlic  furniture  newly  painted.  The 
celebrated  "Faculty   Picture"  was  added  to  the  adornments  of  the  walls. 

The  Exhibitions  had  by  this  time  become  very  profitable  to  the  society, 
even  from  a  financial  standpoint.  SSO  or  ^60  being  frequently  cleared  on 
such  an  occasion.  A  \ery  larue  number  of  complimentary  tickets  were 
given  out,  however, — the  Faculty  and  their  families,  the  other  Societies 
of  the  College,  the  pastors  and  editors  of  the  Altons  and  numerous  other 
friends  being  "remembered." 

A  fine  picture  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  was 
donated  the  Society  by  a  former  active  member,  Mr.  Geo.  Gillham,  who 
had  just  graduated  from  the  Law  Department  of  that  Institution. 

This  spring  a  large  number  of  the  Shurtleff  students  xolunteered  in 
the  100-day  service,  in  response  to  President  Lincoln's  last  call  for  vol- 
unteers,  and  for  some  weeks  the  College  exercises  were  suspended. 


The  next  year   at    Shurtleff  opened  up   while    the    war    cloud 
Office  of      still    hung    heavily    over    the    land.     This    autumn    marks  the 
Chaplain      institution  of  the  office  of  Chaplain,  Mr.  W.  H.   Stedman   being 
Created.        influential   in  the  matter.      We   note  also  that  the  question  for 
debate  is  read  by  the  Secretary  just  previous  to  the  discussion, — 
the  matter  of  confiscating  Confederate  property  in  order  to   pay  Union  sol- 
diers being    considered;   also    the  admission    of    negroes    into  the  colleges 
of  Illinois. 

Somewhere  about  this  time  a  ridiculous  episode  occurred  in  which 
*'?unnie."  four  old  maids  in  spectacles,  false  teeth  and  all  the  other  para- 
phernalia of  spinsterhood,  figure  rather  prominently,  it  seems 
that  a  certain  young  man'  was  a  chosen  target  for  the  surplus  witticisms 
of  his  fellow-students,  three  of  whom  on  one  occasion  bet  him  that  he 
did  not  have  the  nerve  to  take  out  to  church  an  old  maiden  lady  of  some- 
what churlish  disposition.  Our  hero,  however,  bravely  bearded  the  lion- 
ess in  her  den  and  actually  succeeded  in  prevailing  upon  her  to  go  out 
to  church  with  him.  On  the  next  Sunday  evening  the  three  students 
who  had  pledged  themselves  to  take  out  three  other  old  maids  in  case 
the    first    venture    was    successful,     paid    their    wager    by    appearing    at 


I  Whose  name  we  are  of  course  dying  to  divulge. 

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"meetin'  "  each  bcarin.iZ  an  antiquated  tair  one  upon  liis  arm  !  The  entire 
town  did   noi:  uet  over  lau^hinti  about  this  for  a  montli. 

hi  February  '65  tlie  Society  was  greatly  deliglited  and  edified  by  a  lec- 
ture on  "Art"  by  Mr.  A.  J.  Conant,  of  St.  Louis. 

hi  April  shortly  after  Lincoln's  assassination,  Mr.  H.  H.  Beach  deliv- 
ered in  the  Hall  of  Alpha  Zeta  an  eulogy  on  the  dead  statesman. 

Mr.  Jesse  Clement,  of  Dubuque,  Iowa,  rendered  a  poem  before  the 
Society  at  the  Commencement  of  1865. 


The  following  fall  we  have  first  record  of  the  "nondescript  meet- 
norulcscript  ing,"  which  was  popular  for  some  time  as  an  occasional  diver- 
n)cclilUjS.  sion.  These  were  merely  informal  and  extemporaneous  affairs, 
in  which  a  dozen  or  more  spontaneous  speeches  were  made  by 
the  different  members,  and  frequently  by  the  visitors  also,  as  they  were 
called  upon.  The  members  sometimes  wrote  a  question  or  theme  on  a  slip 
of  paper.  The  slips  were  then  collected  and  passed  around,  each  drawing 
out  one  and  speaking  upon  the  subject  suggested.  Sometimes  all  visitors 
were  invited  to  take  part  in  the  off-hand  debate.  These  nondescript  meet- 
ings were  superseded  a  little  later  by  '"experience  meetings." 

The  war   being  now  ended  and  affairs  becoming  more  settled,  the 

Grcal      membership  of  our  Society  increased  very  rapidly,   numbers  being 

flctivity.     received  at  almost  every  meeting.     The  activity  and  progress  of 

the  Society  received  a  wonderful  stimulus,  and  many  improvements 
were  made  and  new  and  profitable  brandies  of  work  successfully  put  into 
operation.  The  Hall  was  re-papered  and  considerable  money  expended  in 
repairs.  New  chairs  were  bought,  the  books  of  the  library  were  carefully 
labeled  and  numbered,  and  large  pictures  of  Washington,  Lincoln  and 
Grant  were  donated  by  a  friend.  An  effort  was  made  to  secure  photo- 
graphs of  the  various  distinguished  honorary  members  of  the  Society — also 
former  active  members.  The  committee  appointed  for  this  purpose  seems 
to  have  found  their  task  somewhat  wearing'  and  the  A.  Z.  Album  does 
not  seem  to  have  grown  very  rapidly. 

They  were  juggling  with  the  Constitution  this  fall,  as  usual,  several 
committees  being  successively  appointed  to  revise  it.  In  December  a  rather 
comprehensive  revision  of  Constitution  was  adopted,  together  with  a  revised 

I   Oiii-   Illustrating   Hditor  ran   syiiipalhizc  with   them. 

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Order  of  Exercises.  A  by-law  was  adopted  tn  tlu-  t'ffcct  that  im  private 
meetinji  should  continue  after  lU  p.m.,  but  we  note  this  law  had  to  be 
suspended  so  often  that  it  was  finally  repealed. 

On  Nov.  26,  Dr.  Pattison  favored  tlie  Society  with  a  splendid  eulogy 
on  Francis  Wayland,  D.D.,  of  which  address  the  Society  had  several 
hundred  copies  printed  in  the  form  of  a  20-page  pamphlet  and  sold  among 
the  students.  The  lecture  was  reported  by  Prof.  O.  L.  Barler,  of  the 
Business  Department,  the  first  practical  stenographer  connected  witli  the 
Institution. 

The  Public  Meetings  and  Exhibitions  continued  throughout  the 

Public        '60s  with  steady  improvement  each  year.     The  former  became 

n)cctiiKjs      so  popular  that  it  was  found  necessary  to  In 'Id  them   in  the 

and  Chapel,    and   even    occasionally  in   the    Church;    while    the 

CxhibiMons.    Exhibitions  drew  immense  crowds  though  an  admission  fee  of 

50  cents   was  charged.     On  these  occasions  the  girls  had  a 

very  pleasing  custom  of  tlirowing  bouquets  at  their  favorite  performers. 

They  usually  did  this  by  proxy,  of  course,  giving  their  escort  the  tip  at  the 

proper  time.     When  this  custom  fell   into  disuse,  the  floral  offerings  were 

carried   by   the   ushers   to  the  performers.      The   "decorating  committee" 

becomes  a  regular  institution  in  connection  with  the  Exhibitions,  and  nature 

and  art  are  drawn  upon  with  lavish  hand  to  contribute   beauty  and   delight 

on  these  occasions,  our  young  lady  friends  and  supporters  assisting  us  very 

materially.     It  had  by  this  time  also  become  customary  for  the  young  ladies 

to  favor  us  with  their  presence  at  our  ordinary  private  meetings. 

We  mention  the  following  incident  to  show  that  feeling  some- 
BocjUS         times  ran  high  between  the  two  Societies.     On   the  occasion 
Procjrnm       of  the  Annual  Exhibition  of  1865-66  the  church  was  crowded 
Picasantrv.     and  the  exercises  about  to  begin  when    some   swift   but   ill- 
disposed  youngsters  in  tiie  employ  of  our   honorable   contem- 
porary, Sigma  Phi,  distributed  among  tiie  audience  a  mock-program  of  the 
entertainment.     It  was  headed: 

"THE   15-ANIMAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THE  ASS  AND 
ZEBRA  SOCIETY," 

and  hit  off  in  one  way  or  another  every  number  on  the  program.  The  bogus 
card  announced  that  "as  the  President  was  unaccustomed  to  deciding 
debates,  this  one  could  be  decided  in  the  aftlrmative  by  the  President  after 

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a  game  of  seven-up  witli  the  Society's  Chaplain.'"  In  view  of  the  fact 
that  card-playing  was  strictly  prohibited  and  the  Society's  President  a 
theolog,  this  had  evidently  been  intended  for  a  staggerer.  Another  number 
on  the  program  was  a  sketch,  entitled  "Animated  Nature,"  prepared  by 
the  President  of  the  College  and  rendered  by  his  son,  the  proper  rendition 
of  the  piece  requiring  some  ability  as  an  animal  mimic.  This  was  down  on 
the  mock-program  under  the  head  of  "Exasperated  Nature,  by  an  Educated 
Monkey  disguised  as  a  Small  Boy."-  Our  Alpha  Zeta  boys  soon  managed 
to  corral  the  bogus  sheets,  and  the  Exhibition  proceeded  unhindered.  We 
have  authority,  such  as  it  is,  for  the  statement  that  the  Alpha  Zeta  boys 
got  back  at  Sigma  Phi,  returning  the  compliment,  as  it  were,  six  years 
later,  on  the  occasion  of  Sigma  Phi's  thirteenth  Annual  Exhibition,  April 
12,  1872.  However,  as  our  only  citom  of  authority  for  this  is  that  magnifi- 
cent specimen  of  2x4  literature  styled  "The  Sigma  Phi  History  of  1890,"'' 
it  would  not  be  well  to  place  too  much  credence  in  it — particularly  in 
view  of  the  statement  following,  to  the  effect  that  this  alleged  act  of  Alpha 
Zeta  "was  the  origin  of  the  practical  jokes."  We  must  in  justice  resign 
all  claim  to  originality  in  this   one  instance. 

''Resolved,  That  Jeff.  Davis  should  be  Hung"  is  chosen  for  debate  at  a 
meeting  in  January.  ...  in  February  it  was  decided  to  appropriate 
50  per  cent  of  all  moneys  received,  for  the  enlargement  of  the  library. 

Among  the  many  new  members  received   by  the  Society   during 
Our      1865-66  was  a  converted  Karen  named  Moung  Thanbyah,  who  had 
Karen,  come  to  America  at  the  instance  of  Rev.  D.  L.  Brayton,  a  mission- 
ary among  the  Karens,   to  be  educated  for  the  gospel  ministry. 
Mr.  Thanbyah's  occasional   songs,  declamations  and  orations  in  his   native 
tongue  proved  a  very  interesting  and  attractive  feature  of  our  programs. 

We  must  not  fail  to  note  as  one  of  the  improvements  of  this  year  the 
establishment  of  the  Society  Cabinet.  At  the  regular  meeting  of  March  16, 
1866,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

''Resolved,  That  a  Cabinet  be  at  once  started  for  the  Alpha  Zeta 
Society,  under  the  care  and  superintendence  of  the  Librarian,  and  that  each 
member  be  solicited  to  secure  for  the  same  any  curiosities  which  would  be 
interesting  or  valuable  to  the  Society." 

1  This  gleam  of  brilliancy  is  worthy  of  note  as  a  fine  specimen  of  the  keenness  displayed  on  the  part  of 
those  whose  versatile  brains  evolved  the  bogus  program. 

2  N.  B. — Please  laugh.     This  is  atrociously  funny, 
i  "Pretty  hot  stuff"— I  don't  tliink. 

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The  collection  soon  iiKliklcci  ncolo^ical  aiul  arclKrolojiical  s;-fc'i- 
Cnbinct.  mt-ns,  bric-a-brac  and  curios  of  all  sorts,  and  ^ww  very  rapidly  so 
that  a  special  oft'icer  known  as  tlie  "Cabinetarian"  was  placed  in 
charge,  it  beinu  his  duty  to  label  and  record  all  articles  received,  with  names 
of  donors.  One  feature  of  this  Cabinet  was  a  tine  herbarium,  in  October, 
1870,  the  Cabinet  contained  nearly  1000  specimens  from  all  parts  of  the 
world,  among  them  being  fossils,  ores,  coins,  relics  of  the  kebellion,  Burmese 
curios'  and  portions  of  the  skeleton  of  a  mammoth,  which  distinguished 
naturalists  pronounced  the  largest  e\er  discovered  in  the  United  States. 
This  valuable  collection  of  curiosities  was  at  length  donated  to  the  College 
Museum. 

In  this  year  also  the    Society  got  out  by  far   the  most  beautiful 

The  Bildijc    and  expensive  badge  in  all  its  history.     For  years  past  there 

of  l8iH^.      had  been  a  growing  desire  for  an  elegant  badge  wliich  should  be 

a  fit   emblem  and  memento  of  the  oldest  and  greatest  Hterary 

society  in  the  West.'     This  end  was  gloriously  accomplished,    and    after 

a  great  deal  of  discussion  and  planning,  and  the  rejection  of  several  designs, 

the  famous  badge  of  March  27,  1866,  was  adopted.    This  pin  was  first  worn 

only  on  public  or  state  occasions. 

We  have  before  us  one  of  these  beautiful  badges  of  thirty-two  years 
ago.  It  is  about  three-fourths  of  an  inch  in  length,  of  nearly  the  same 
width,  and  consists  of  a  square  shield  of  blue  enamel  bearing  the  A.  Z. 
monogram  in  gold,  the  shield  being  surrounded  on  bottom  and  sides  by  a 
growing  wreath  and  surmounted  by  a  pen  of  silver.  The  body  of  the  badge 
is  finest  gold. 

In  April  a  large  book-case  was  purchased  at  a  considerable  expense. 
Book  It  was  painted  a  mahogany  grain,  and  is,  we  believe,  one  of  tliose 
Case,  still  in  use.  The  furniture  of  the  Society  was  also  repaired  at  this 
time.  A  remarkably  large  number  of  Hall  furnishings.  Cabinet  speci- 
mens and  books  are  donated  this  year  by  various  friends  of  the  Society, 
nearly  every  meeting  recording  donations.  On  one  date  ^^  books  are 
received. 

A  careful  list  o\  our  Honorary  Members  was  compiled  by  Mr.  J.  H. 
Loomis,  and  we  even  now — over  thirty  years  later — fet'l  much  inck'bted  to 
him. 


1  Many  of  these  were  donated  l)y  the  Rev.   Hrayton,  who  is  an  honorary  iiienilier. 

2  We  speak  this  not  in  egotistic  spirit,  but  in  righteous   enthusiasm. 

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Several  strict  regulations  calculated  to  put  a  stop  to  delinquency  in  duty 
were  adopted,  and  seem  to  have  produced  a  salutary  effect,  though  public 
censure,  in  vogue  for  a  time,  is  soon  ruled  out. 

The  President's  summing  up  of  argument  and  decision  upon  debates  is 
limited  to  five  minutes,  and  the  Critic's  report  to  ten  minutes.  It  is  further 
provided  that  the  Chaplain  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Chair — as  has  been 
customary  ever  since.  Two  new  committees  appear  in  1866 — Committee 
on  Public  Exercises  and  Music  Committee,  only  one  member  at  first  being 
appointed  on  the  latter. 

We  note  a  called  meeting  in  May,  is  "to  determine  whether  legal 
action  can  be  brought"  against  a  certain  resident  of  the  town  for  an  assault 
on  one  of  our  members.  This  shows  that  they  had  their  little  squabbles 
occasionally  in  those  days,  although  theologs  did  predominate  among 
Shurtleff  students,  and  we  question  whether  the  College  yell  was  given  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Post-office. 

It  is  ordered  that  the  President  of  the  Society  shall  have  charge  of  the 
Hall  key  and  shall  accompany  visitors  into  the  Hall,  showing  them  the 
sights.  Later  we  note  it  is  voted  on  the  occasion  of  a  Public  Meeting  that 
the  President  invite  the  audience  to  visit  the  Hall  at  the  close  of  the  exer- 
cises. 

In  June  a  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Miss  Maria  Beaty  for 
daintily  covering  the  frame  of  the  President's  desk  and  making  us  some 
beautiful  mats  for  the  Society's  lamps. 

The  Society  united  this  year  with  Sigma  Phi  in  the  selection  of  Com- 
mencement orator — as  is  our  present  custom.  Rev.  H.  M.  Gallaher,  of  the 
Class  of  '61,  was  secured. 

The  Alpha  Zetans  of  the   '60s  were  very  powerful  timber,    and 
The       those  especially  who  were  active  members  in  the  five  or  six  years 
n)cn  of    just  following  the  war  did  more  to  build  up  and  boom  the  Society 
the  '60$.  in  a  genuine  way  than  any  other  set  of  members  in  more  recent 
years;  for  this  period,  in  connection  with  the   general   aggressive 
impulse  following  and  to  some  extent  developed  by  the  war,   was  charac- 
terized  by  the   most    intense    rivalry,    fervor    and   tireless    devotion,    and 
unquestionably  marks  the  most  enthusiastically  energetic  and  exhilarating 
epoch  in  the  annals  of  literary  society  life  at  Shurtleff.     Among  these   '60 
men  were  Boyer,  Cole,  Bristol,  Smalley,  Beach,  Tomlinson,  Gibson,  Titter- 

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in^ton,  the  Drapers,  Ciirtiss,   Beilell,    Kiiili,    iJrake,    C.    A.    Hobhs,    Wills, 
Loomis.  Chambers,  Studman,  Foulon.  aiui  J.  B.    hnnlisli. 


In  tlK'  tall  ot  1866  the  members  irturn  tn  tiR-irwork  with  itMuwi-d 
Busy        zest,  and  thexi^or  and  zeal  with  which  all  departments  of  Society 
Cimcs.      work  have  been  puslied  is  inereasc-d.     The  influx  of  new  mem- 
bers is  again  very  hea\y,  and   the  Society  lift-  goes  merrily  on. 
Lectures,  public  meetings  and  Exhibition  crowd  upon  one   another  in  rapid 
succession.      Rev.  F.  M.  HIlis  and   Prof.  Howes,   of  the  Faculty,   each  give 
lectures — the  latter  on  "English  Pronunciation.''     It  is  decided  to  appoint  a 
regular  Lecture  Committee  for  tiie   year,  to  co-operate  with   a   similar  one 
from  Sigma  Phi  in  regard  to  securing  a  course  of  lectures.     Upon  conferring 
with  Sigma   Phi.  she  appoints   a   lecture   committee  shortly   afterward,  and 
thus  we  see  the  beginning  of  another  time-honored  custom   of  the   present 
day.     Both    Societies    finally  make    a    joint    arrangement   with    the   Alton 
Library  Association  for  a  lecture   course   for   this  year    1S66-67,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  three  organizations  in  conjunction. 

Books  and  curiosities  still  come  pouring  in,  a  new  book-case 
Donniicns.  and  500  labels  for  the  library  are  ordered,  and  a  new  Cabinet- 
case  is  made.  Two  new  standing  committees  are  created — 
Library  and  Cabinet.  Pledges  are  taken  by  the  members  to  procure  volumes 
for  the  library,  200  books  in  all  being  pledged.  Thanks  are  returned  to  our 
old  member,  Nathaniel  Wilson,  Esq.,  for  donation  of  $20,  and  to  several 
"loyal  A.  Z.  sisters"  for  books  and  sheet  music.  Five  of  the  members 
together  present  the  Society  with  busts  of  Lincoln  and  Washington.  A 
generous  donation  of  books  from  Mr.  H.  C.  Cole  includes  among  others  the 
American  Encyclopaedia  of  twenty-one  volumes. 

October  5,  a  resolution  is  passed  that  each  member  be  required 

Photo-        to  furnish  a  photograph  of  himself  to  the  Cabinetarian.'     The 

Collcclinij.     photograph   question,   in   fact,   seems  to  have   been   taken   up 

again  in  earnest,  for  the  Corresponding  Secretary  is  instructed 

to  write  "as  many  honorary  members  as  possible"  for  their   photos.^      We 

note  later,  from  time  to  time,   several  resignations  and  reappointments  in 

1  Will  our  contemporaries  please  not  make  capital  of  iliis  ; 

2  We  can  feel  for  this  poor  photo-collector  also. 

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connection  with  the  various  committees  delegated  to  collect  photographs. 

Among  the  questions  debated,  we  find 

''Resolved,  That  the  North  has  the  right  to  dictate  the  terms  on  which 
the  South  shall  be  admitted  into  Congress." 

''Resolved,  That  the  United  States  should  demand  Redress  for  Damages 
by  England  during  the  late  War." 

The  matter  of  incorporating  the  Society  seems  to  have  been  in  the 
minds  of  some  of  the  more  prominent  members  for  some  months  at  least 
prior  to  the  actual  incorporation.  We  note  that  a  provisional  sort  of 
charter  presented  by  Mr.  Field  is  read  on  Dec.  14,  1866,  and  the  seven 
Trustees  mentioned  in  the  Act  of  Incorporation  in  our  Appendix,  are 
elected.     This  number  was  afterward  increased  to  nine, 

in  January,  1867,  some  revisions  are  made  in  Constitution 
"Prosecuting  and  By-Laws,  the  office  of  "Prosecuting  Attorney"'  being 
.^Itlorncv."  one  of  the  innovations  of  this  period,  and  a  natural  outgrowth 
of  the  tendency  to  more  exact  and  rigid  restrictions  and 
regulations  consequent  upon  the  marked  activity  and  spirit  of  progress  and 
improvement  so  plainly  manifest.  Regular  "prosecutions"  were  carried 
on,  the  first  duly  recorded  being  for  failure  to  prepare  an  essay — for 
which  one  is  fined  50  cents;  speaking  without  addressing  the  Chair — for 
which  four  are  fined  10  cents  each,  and  whispering  at  10  cents  per  head, 
in  fact,  fines  were  imposed — and  collected  to — for  misdemeanors  even 
apparently  trivial,  and  a  very  effective  effort  was  made  at  this  time  to 
keep  the  Society  on  a  strict  basis,  the  members  being  made  to  feel  just 
what  it  was  and  what  it  meant  to  belong  to  the  Society. 

And  we  want  to  say  right  here  that  this  is  the  proper  way  to  run 
a  literary  society — or  any  other  kind  of  an  organization.  Keep  it  a  live, 
vigorous  body  by  living  up  to  strict  rules,  all  being  compelled  to  toe  the 
mark.  This  will  result  in  far  greater  interest,  loyalty  and  earnest  activity 
on  the  part  of  the  members,  keeping  good  material  in  the  society,  or  forcing 
the  membership  up  to  the  proper  standard. 

It  seems  from  the  following  interesting  item  of  history,  that  the 

Disnp-      abnormal  fondness   Sigma   Phians  have  always  displayed  for  the 

pointed!   succulent  spring  chicken  was  as   noticeable  even  in  these  days  as 

thirty  years  later.     One  of  our  numerous  married  theologs,  who 

was  also  a  member  of  Alpha  Zeta  and  was   domiciled   not   far  from   the 

I  This  office  was  abolished  May  8,   1869. 

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1.  Ellen  M.  Hovell.  ^7■^■ 

2.  Thomas  S.  Bovell,  '74. 

3.  Clias.  H.  McKee,  '75. 


PRESIDENTS'   GROUP   NO.  7. 

4.  Frank  I.  Merchant,  '75. 

5.  William  H.  Beeby,  73. 


6.  Otto  F.  Barth,  '75. 

7.  Samuel  D.  Stahl,  '75. 


Kendall  mansion,  was  awakened  at  a  late  hour  one  dark  winter  ni^lit  b\'  tlie 
fatal  squawk  of  one  of  his  valuable  pullets.  He  hurriedly  put  on  a  few  things 
lyinji  around  loose  and,  lantern  in  hand,  sallied  forth  to  the  hen-house.  Of 
course  all  was  still  as  death.  With  tiie  aid  of  his  li^ht,  h(»we\i'r,  he 
succeeded  in  trackinjj;  the  culprits  throuuh  the  snow  to  the  LJorm,  and  hy  the 
dampness  which  their  shoes  left  on  the  floor,  traced  them  up  three  tli^zhts  (tf 
stairs  to  a  certain  room.  Two  or  three  ot  the  Alpha  Zeta  hoys  were  "put 
on"  and  stationed  on  watch,  while  our  married  hero  souj^ht  "de  Perfesser," 
who  duly  arrived  on  the  scene  very  soon  afterward.  The  hall  was  hy  this 
time  full  of  boys  anxious  to  see  the  denoument.  The  door  of  the  room  not 
bein>z  opened  upon  the  oral  request  of  the  Professor,  he  threw  his  weight 
against  it,  and  there  stood  a  young  man  with  slee\-es  rolled  to  his  elbows 
and  three  chickens  nicel\-  skinned,  just  ready  to  be  fried.  The  Professor 
threw  back  the  bedding  and  disclosed  two  other  brave  sons  of  Sigma  Phi 
who  enjoyed  chicken.  Unable  to  discover  that  the  boys  had  any  vested 
rights  in  the  fowls,  he  then  calmly  walked  off  with  the  booty,  delix'ering  the 
same  to  the  rightful  owner. 

The  boys  had   quite  a   little  fad  at  this  time  in  regard   to  debate. 

DciU        The  alphabetical  Roll  of  Members  was  separated  by  the  Secretary 

UlrinKIc     into  two  Divisions,  alternate  names  being  placed  upon  each  sheet. 

in  Debate.   On  one  evening,  leaders  being  appointed  from  the  First  Division, 

x'olunteers  to  the  number  of  twelve  or  fourteen,   all  from  the  same 

Division,  would  proceed  to  choose  the  side  of  the  debate  they  would  sustain. 

At  the  next  meeting  the  Second   Division  would  furnish  all   tlie  disputants. 

The  appointments   and  choosing  of  sides,  of  course  took  place  two  weeks' 

in  advance  of  the  discussion.       These  debates  with  six  or  eight  on   a   side 

grew    very  popular,   and  also  proved  quite  profitable.     We  give    below    a 

couple  of  questions  thus  debated: 

''Resolved,  That  the  immediate  Annexation  of  Canada  should  be 
encouraged  by  the  United  States  Government;" 

''Resolved,  That  the  acts  of  President  Johnson  justify  an  Impeach-nient." 

In  this  college-year  1866-67  the  number  of  Public  Meetings  is  reduced 
to  three  per  year — to  occur  in  October,  February  and  May.  .  .  .  The 
President  of  the  Society  is  required  to  hand  in  a  written  report  at  the  close 
of  his  term  of  office,    the  penalty  for  failing  to  do  so  being  a  25 -cent  tine. 

The  reading  of  several  toasts  and    hearty  responses    to  same  at   this 

I    A  usage  which  had  been    recently    inaugurated,    two   weeks'    notice    being    given    on  all    exercises 
(not  Public)  except  orations,  which  were  prepared  on  four  weeks'  notice. 

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Coinnu'iicement-time  also,  is  a  f()rejj;leani  of  tlie  "Reunion"  vvhicli   is  insti- 
tuted next  year. 

As  has  previously  been  stated,  the  tjrowth  of  our  Society  library  was 
for  years  dependent  chiefly  upon  the  donations  of  friends  and  members;  and 
although  the  growth  up  to  this  time — especially  during  the  last  two  years — 
had  been  very  gratifying,  yet  our  Alpha  Zetans  were  very  desirous  of 
securing  a  constant  supply  of  the  latest  publications  as  they  appeared. 
To  meet  this  want,  the  following  motion  was  adopted  September  13,  1867: 
"That  this  Society  make  an  effort  to  raise  during  the  present  college- 
year,  by  pledges  payable  within  five  years,  the  sum  of  at  least  $1,000,  the 
interest  of  which  shall   be  continually  applied  for  the  benefit  of  our  Society 

library."    Messrs.  Field,  Griftln  and  Titterington  were  appoint- 

l.ibrarv         ed  a   committee   to  prosecute  the  work  of  raising  this  Library 

bndou'imnt.     Endowment,  and  by  their  vigorous   efforts  secured   in  a  little 

over  two  months  the  desired  sum  in  pledges.  The  proceeds 
of  this  Fund  was  for  some  years  applied  to  the  purchase  of  valuable  current 
literature  and  the  completion  of  our  sets  of  standard  works.  At  the  time 
our  Annual  of  1870  was  published,  the  amount  of  this  Fund  had  grown  to 
$1,542.00,  following  being  the  list  of  donors,  with  amounts  subscribed: 

Henry  L.  Field |ioo  oo  Geo,  W,  Griffin ft  25  00 

Smiley  N.  Chambers 100  00  B.  H.    Evans 25  00 

John  H.  Loomis 100  00  Edw.    A    Stone 25  00 

Samuel  O.  Curtiss 100  00  E.  B.  Miller 25  00 

P.  S.  Moxom 100  00  Geo.  W.  Hill 25  00 

I.  D.    Foulon 50  00  John  F.  Howard 25   00 

Solomon    Draper. 50  00  John  L.  Jackson 25  00 

Kobt.  J.  Mitchell 50  00  C.  B.    Roberts 25  00 

Henry  E.  Mills 50  00  T.  C.  Coffey 25  00 

H.  S.  Pettengill 50  00  Andrew  Eagan 25  00 

Orson  B.  Read 50  00  H.  W.  Bray  ton 25  00 

J.  M.  Bower 50  00  J-  T.  Covel 25  00 

O.  D.  Taylor 50  00  EH.  Lovett 25  00 

B.  F.  Draper 50  00  L.  J.  Hancock 25  00 

C.  A.    Hobbs 25  00  J.  W.  Primm 25  00 

Linn  Bedell 25  00  AC.  Hancock    25  00 

Wm.  H.  Dorward 25  00  I    A.  Smith 25  00 

D.  H.    Drake 25  00  W.  H.    Hearne 12  00 

W.  W.  Reagan 25  00  C.  F.  Miner 5   00 


John  M.  Titterington 25  00 


Total $1,542  00 


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SdiiK-  i»t  tlK'Sr  plt.'Ll>Zfs  w'vw  paid  in,  hut  in  most  cases  only  annual 
interest  was  paid,  and  at  lenjitii  i«n  Oct.  26,  1S77,  tiie  Trustees  nf  the 
Society  were  empowered  to  collect  the  remainder  ol  the  noti-s.  It  is  hi<!hly 
probable  that  tile  principal  collected  on  this  Fund,  as  well  as  the  interest, 
was  applied  to  the  purchase  of  bo(tks.  February  17,1<SS2,  the  notes  remain- 
ing' uncollected  were  receipted  and  returned,  by  order  ot  the  Society. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Field,  who  was  indefatiyiable  in  his  efforts  in  behalf  of  Alpha 
Zeta — the  beautifyin.u  of  the  Hall,  etc., — presents  the  Society  at  this  time 
with  the  auto^jraphs  of  the  President  and  Cabinet  and  members  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  Unilid  States,  also  copy  of  the  Statute  Laws  ot 
Illinois  for  1867,  coiitainin.ti  our  Charter. 

On  Sept.  20  it  is  decided  to  join  the  Western  Literary  Association  and 
the  initiation  fee  of  $5.00  is  appropriated  from  the  treasury. 

On  Nov.  20  resolutions  of  respect  and  condolence  are  passed  up(»n  the 
death  of  our  fellow-member,  Mr.  C.  T.  Beekman,  who  had  only  been  at 
Shurtleff  a  short  time  when  he  was  taken  sick,  and  returninu  home,  died 
soon  afterward. 

On   Dec.  6,    1867,   an  effort  was  made  to  secure  a  History  of  the 
'   *!     '       Alpha  Zeta  Societ\-.     Upon  the  urgent  su^jj;estion  of  H.  L.  Field, 
^        the  Society  appointed  at  this  time   a  committee  of  two  to  prepare 
a  catalogue  and  history  of  the  Society.     It  never  materialized. 

The  Annual  Exhibition  this  year  was  held  on  Dec.  20.  We  notice 
that  a  number  of  complimentary  tickets  were  sent  to  Miss  Haskell,  the 
newly-appointed  Principal  of  Monticello  Seminary,  "to  be  distributed  at 
Iter  discretion."  One  hundred  large  posters  of  this  Exhibition  were  put  up 
in  the  Altons.  Excessive  hilarity  amongst  the  gaping  throng  which  con- 
gregated on  the  outside  during  public  entertainments  at  the  College,  seems 
to  have  been  a  distinguishing  characteristic  of  the  time,  for  we  note  large 
committees  are  appointed  from  each  society  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the 
police  of  the  town'    in  preserving  order  on  such  occasions. 

The  matter  of  a  Society  seal,   which    had    been  agitated  o\er  two 

?irsl      years  before,  was  taken   up    again   vigorously    in    January,    1868, 

Society     when  Messrs.    Foulon,  Mills  and  Titterington   were  appointed   to 

Seal.       present  an  appropriate  design  for  the   seal,   and  also  to  select   a 

motto  for  the  Society.     A  design  was  soon  after  submitted   by  the 

committee  and  accepted  by  the  Society.     This  first  seal,  which  was  only  in 

I  ??? — Get  a  microscope  : 

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use  for  a  short  time,  appears  in  the  first  issue  of  the  ''Qui  l^ive,'"  January, 
1868. 

The  Alpha  Zeta  motto,  which  had   until  this  time  been   in   vogue 
!/)o!!0.   for  a  year  or  so,  was  "Ad  Majora  Nitentes."     On  Jan.  24,    1868, 
our  dear  old  "OU  DOKEIN  ALL'  EINAI"  was  adopted,  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  Prof,  Oscar  Howes,  who  occupied  the  Chair  of  Latin  and  Greek 
Languages  and  Literature, 

Tile   first,    last   and  only   Alpha    Sigma"    Exhibition    of   which 
/llpbil       record  has  been  handed  down   to   us,  occurred   in  May,  1868,  at 
$\iima      the  church.     This   Preparatory   Society   seems  to  have  become 
Ex.         something  of  a  bugbear  to  the  other  literary  societies  of  Shurtleff, 
owing  to  the  uncertainty  which  somehow  arose  as  to  the  precise 
prerequisites  of  eligibility  to   membership  in  the  older  Societies,  and  joint 
conferences  of  the  latter  were  held  the  next  year  looking  toward  its  disso- 
lution.    It  dissolved. 

Rev.  F.  M.  Ellis  addressed  the  Societies  at  the   Commencement 
?ir$t        season  of  1868,     The  first  Reunion  in  the  annals  of  the  Society 
Reunion,    was  held  at  this  time,  and  was  a  glowing  success,     it  became  at 
once  a  permanent  thing,  and  one  of  our  most  popular  and  enjoy- 
able institutions.     A  large  amount  of  cake  was  left   on  the    Society's  hands 
on  this  first  occasion  of  the  kind,  and   a  committee   of  one  was   therefore 
appointed  to  bestow  it  upon  one  of  our  best   young   lady  friends   and   coad- 
jutors.    "Sweets  to  the  sweet." 


Shurtleff  by  this  time  had  adopted  the  custom  of  opening  early  in 
September  and  closing  early  in  June.  We  note  the  first  meeting  of  1868-69 
occurs  Sept,  5,  short  enthusiastic  speeches  by  the  different  members  being 
the  order  of  the  evening. 

The  irrepressible  photograph  fad  embraces  this  opportunity  to  again 
"bob  up  serenely,"  the  Faculty  this  time  being  among  those  singled  out  as 
victims. 

On  Nov.  27,  1868,  a  resolution  was  passed  to  request  "the  citizens  of 
Upper  Alton  and  all  others  giving  entertainments"  to  hold  such  entertain- 
ments on  other  than  Friday  evenings, — "doing  all  we  can  to  discourage  and 

1  The  College  paper,  now  the  Re\iew. 

2  See  Chap.   HI. 

84 


discDunteiiance   the    use  of  this  fvciiin)^  hy  others."     Sigma  Plii  passed  a 
similar  resolution  at  the  same  time. 

The  recent  demise  of  the  Preparatory  Society  gives  a  large  increase  of 
membership  to  both  Alpha  Zeta  and  Sigma  Phi  at  this  time. 

The  first  Moot  Court  on  record  is  held  Jan,  22,  1869.  This  was  an 
impromptu  affair,  and  hence  not  mentioned  e.xcept  as  an  "interesting  exer- 
cise." 

On  April  24,   1869,  occurs    the  first  intimation  of   a    challenge 

?ir$t         to  literary  contest  in  the  history  of  our  Society.      On  this  date  a 

Cballcnijc      committee  from  Sigma  Phi   presents  a  proposal  for  a  joint  Public 

to  i)         Meeting.      Alpha  Zeta,  having  already  made  her  arrangements, 

ConlCSt.        is  not  in  position   to  accept  this  suggestion,   and  informs  Sigma 

Phi  of  the  fact,   adding  that  if  the   proposition   is  intended    for 

a  challenge  we  are  ready  to  respond.     The  committee  appointed  to  transmit 

this  message  then  returns,  presenting  the  proposal  from  Sigma  Phi   in  the 

form  of  a  challenge,  which   is   promptly  accepted  upon  the  terms  belonging 

to  the  challenged  party.     These  terms  are   not  accepted  by  the   Sigma  Phi 

Society,  and  the  matter  drops. 

The  graduation  of  the  Class  of  '69  took  from  us  a  number  of  our 
best  members.     That  was  an  exceptionally  tine  class. 


Early  in  the  fall  of  1869  our  Lecture  Committee  arranged   a   course   of 
lectures  in  connection  with  the  Alcyonean   Society  of  Rural  Park  Seminary, 
a  school  for  young  ladies  opened  September  3,  1868,  upon  Kendall   Place.' 
This  course  of   lectures  proved  very  popular  and  successful,    and  a   similar 
arrangement  was  made  the  next  year. 

Another  year  of  intense  activity  commences.  The  library  is  overhauled, 
superfluous  books  and  pictures  sold,  and  the  pritceeds,  together  with 
the  interest  from  the  Library  Endowment  Fund  (as  usual),  expended  in  the 
purchase  of  new  volumes,  carefully  selected.  Large  donations  of  books  are 
received — from  Rev.  G.  A.  Pease,  and  several  others, — and  a  number 
of  strict  regulations  put  into  effect  concerning  the  management  of  the  library, 
which  at  the  close  of  this  year  contained  over  800  volumes.  The  Societx' 
property  is  insured  for  JS 1000  in  the  l.orilJard  Fin-  Insurance  Companw 

I   Now  VVpstern   Military  Aradcmy 

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"History"  For  the  fourth  time  the  matter  of  a  history  is  brought  up,  a  com- 
/iijflin.      mittee  of  three  being  at  length  appointed,  Oct.  29,  1869,  to  pre- 
pare "a  digested  history  of  the  Society.'" 
Tile  following  laughable  incident  is  given  us  by  an   old   member  of  this 
period.     It  was  the  custom  to  deliver  the  Society  invitations  and  announce- 
ments among  the  Professors  and  townspeople,  and  on  one  occasion  when  an 
invitation  to  a  Public  Meeting  was  brought  to  the  home  of  one  of  the  Profes- 
sors  it  was  handed  to  the  h'ish  servant- girl  with  the  remark,    "  Here  is  an 

invitation  for  Prof. and  family  from  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society."     The 

daughter  of  Erin  bore  it  to  the  lady  of  the  house  and  announced  with  quite 
a  majestic  air,  "Shure,  an'  here's  an  invitation  fur  yez  to  the  Be  Aisy 
Society." 

We  are  struck  with    a    question    for   debate    chosen   Oct.    8,    1869 — 

"Resolved,  That  the  United  States  should  recognize  the  belligerency  of  Cuba." 

On    Dec.  3,   1869,    Misses    Sarah    E.    Bulkley    and    Hasseltine 

?ir$l        L.  Read  are  made  honorary  members  of  the  Society,  "in  consid- 

Ladv       eration  of  distinguished  services  rendered  on  various  occasions." 

n)cmbcrs.    These  two  young  ladies,    one  of  whom.  Miss  Bulkley,   graduated 

from  Shurtleff,  Class  of  ^7i,  were  both  afterward  active  members 

of  our  society, — and  very  proud  we  are  of  the  fact,  as  they  were  the  first 

two  ladies  ever  admitted  to  Shurtleff  College. 

The  students  had  been  not  a  little  annoyed  by  the  fact  that  the 
'*n)crc  College  Library  and  Reading-room,  on  the  first  floor,  liad  not  been 
Ularm,  properly  warmed  and  lighted.  So  one  morning,  we  understand,  all 
Pkasc."  were  much  amused  to  see  a  large  portion  of  the  contents  of  the 

Room  transferred  to  the  campus  just  in  front  of  the  old  Chapel. 
There  was  at  this  time — and  until  witliin  a  decade  ago — a  row  of  beautiful 
evergreens  on  either  side  of  a  walk  leading  south  from  the  street  to  the  old 
Chapel  entrance.  The  trunks  and  branches  of  these  trees  furnished  support 
for  papers  and  periodicals,  and  even  for  the  pipe  of  the  stove.  "it  was  a 
breezy  place,  and  there  was  a  breezy  time  afterward,  but  the  hint  was 
sufficient  and  the  Reading-room  was  comfortable  after  this." 

The  Annual   Exhibition  was  held  on  Thursday  evening,    December  23, 
1869,  with  the  following  program: 


I  It  seems  to  have  been  a  difficult  matter  for  the  committee  to  digest  this  idea. 


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Prayer. 

Music. 
Anthem,   "God  is  our  Refuge."  -  -  Haker 

Oration,     "Incompleteness,"  -  -  -  J.  C.  Foley 

Music. 
Solo,    "The  Brook,"  -         -  -  -  -       P.  S.  Mo.vom 

Debate  :  Question,  ''Rcsohud.     That  the  use  of  the  Bible  in  the 
Public  Schools  should  be  Prohibited." 
Affirmative,  T.  C.  Cokkev.     Negative,  H.  W    Br.avton 
Music. 
Quartette,  "The  American  Ensign." 
Paper,  "Alpha  Zet.\  Joukn.al,"         -  -  -        J.  L.  J.\ckson 

Music. 
Sextette,  "Chicago  Melodies." 

Poem,  "The  Alton  Elm,"       -  -  -  -  C.  A.  Hobbs 

(There  were  Fairies  in  those  days.) 
Music. 
Quartette,  "The  Unseen  City."  ....  Chirk 

Oration,  "The  Ideal  and  Actual,"  -  -  -      C.  B.  Roberts 

Music. 
Chorus,    "Away,    the    Morning,    Freshly    Breaking."  Miissdnic/lo 

(Pianist — Miss  Re.'vd.) 

On  January  28,  1870,  the  Society  was  favored  with  an  inter- 
Spcccbcs  from  esting  and  profitable  speech  by  Dr.  Read;  also  a  few 
Old  n)crnbcr$  remarks  from  Rev.  J.  W.  Terry,  who  joined  Alpha  Zeta  in 
()nd  ?ricnd$.  '56.  These  occasional  informal  speeches  before  the  Society  by 
members  of  the  Faculty,  old  members  of  the  Society  and  other 
friends,  were  very  heartily  appreciated  and  enjoyed  as  special  treats,  as  is 
also  true  to-day  of  such  favors. 

Early  in  March  the  famous  old  Alplia   Zeta   Society  picture  was 

?ir$l        taken  by  Mr.    Ritter,  an  Alton  photographer.     Forty -one  out  of 

Sociclv       about  fifty  members  of  the  Society  appear  in  this  group,  of  which 

PbolO.       we  have  secured  a  fairly  good  reproduction  for  the  benefit  of  our 

readers.     The  location  is  readily  recognized  as  the  north  entrance 

of  the  Dormitory.     The  two  lady  members  are  particularly  noticeable  among 

the  crowd  of  young  men.     One  of  the  group  writes  us  tliat  the  photograph 

was  taken  chietly  for   the   sake  of  securing  pictures  of   the   young  ladies — 

this  more   particularly  on  the  part  of  one  or  two    of  the  boys.     This  is 

the  first  instance  of  Society  photograph — a   familiar  thing  at    tiie  present 

day. 

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The  first  elaborate  effort  of  the  Society  in  the  way  of  mock  legal 
n)00l      proceedings   was  the  great   Moot   Court  of  March  4,    1870.     It 
Courl.     was  carefully  pre-arranged.     T.  C.  Coffey,  dressed  like  a  bloom- 
ing girl  of  about  eighteen,  but  with  a  rather  disappointed  look,  was 
the  plaintiff— "Miss  Theodosia  C.  Coffey" — in  a  $20,000  breach  of  promise 
suit  against  W.  W.  Reagan.     The  officers  of  the  Court  were  as  follows: 

Judge — S.  N.  Chambers. 
Clerk~Yi.  W.  Brayton. 
Sheriff—?,.  D.  Badger. 
Constable — J.  W.  Primm. 

JURY. 

J.  B.  English  (foreman).  E.  Howell. 

R.  M.  Dry.  L.  J.  Hancock. 

A.  L.  Read.  T.  A.  Shuff. 

M.  A.  Newell.  A.  C.  Hancock. 

D.  C.  Whitcomb.  E.  H.  Lovett. 

J.  T.  Covel.  J.  G.  Mange. 


For  PlaintilT. 
H.  E.  Mills. 
J.  L.  Jackson. 


.■\TTORNEYS. 


WITNESSES. 


For  Defendant. 
I.    D.  Foulon. 
J.  C.  Foley. 


W.  DeBolt.  S.  Draper. 

E.  A.  Stone.  W.  H.  Hearne. 

C.  B.  Roberts.  J.  F.  Howard. 

The  Judge  referred  all  points  of  order  and  objection  to  Blackstone, 
while  the  solemn  oath  administered  by  the  Clerk  was  "simply  killing  in 
its  verbiage  and  nonsense."  Our  Annual  of  1870  thus  describes  the  pro- 
ceedings: 

Documentary  evidence  of  a  most  touching  character  was  introduced  on  both  sides,  con- 
sisting of  appropriate  correspondence,  composed  by  experienced  hands.  The  witnesses  by 
their  ingenuity  and  amiable  mendacity,  rendered  the  testimony  remarkably  true  to  nature. 
The  lawyers  by  their  astuteness  in  examination  and  cross-examination,  their  undeviating 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  their  clients,  and  their  thrilling  flights  of  eloquence,  rendered 
this  trial  different  from  any  that  preceded  it  or  will  probably  ever  occur  in  the  future.  As 
is  generally  the  case,  the  tears  of  the  plaintiff  and  the  eloquence  of  the  attorneys  for  the 
prosecution  prevailed  on  the  tender  bosoms  of  the  jury,  and  a  verdict  of  $15,000  was  given 
for  the  plaintiff. 

On  account  of  the  exceptions  taken  to  the  rulings  of  the  Court  and  the  charge  to  the 
jury,  a  new  trial  was  granted.     No  proceedings  further  are  on  record. 

This  affair  was  such  a  success  that  the  Society  has  since  frequently 
held  diverting  exercises  of  this  character. 


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The  importnnt  Revision  of  tlit-  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  of  April, 
187U,  was  very  carefully  and  beautifully  copied  by  Mr.  A.  C.  Harmon,  into 
the  larcre  square  record-book  of  the  Society. 

On  April  IS,  President  Read  left  for  his  new   fu'ld   <if   labor  at 

Prcs.  Kcild     Winona,  Minn.     That  morniniz,  we  learn   from  the    (Jiti  l^ivi, 

I.CiU'CS        he  led  chapel    for    the    last  time,    also    giving    the    students 

Sburtldf.      a  farewell  address.     Dr.   Fairman,   on   behalf  of  the  students 

and  some  other  friends,  presented  him  an  elegant  gold  watch, 

and   the    ladies  presented    Mrs.    Read   a    beautiful  picture.     Dr.    and    Mrs. 

Read   certainly  occupied  a  \'ery  large  warm  place  in  the  hearts  of  Shurtleff 

men  and   women. 

The  last  Public  Meeting  of  this  year  occurred  on  the  evening  of  May 
27,  the  following  being  the  program: 

Prayer. 
Music. 
"Our  Banner  of  Glory,"  ...  -  Glee  Club 

Oration.    "Physical  Life,"  -  -  -  Wm.  DeBoi.t 

Lecture     Subject:    "Luve,"  -  -  -  -  J.  W,  Primm 

Music. 
"The  Raven,"  .  .  .  .  .  (ii.EE  Club 

Oration,    "The  Force  of  an  Idea,"  -  -  -       J.L.Jackson 

Paper,    "Alpha  Zeta  Joirnal,"       -  J.  C.  Foley 

Music. 
"Bachelors  Dream,"         -  -  -  -  -       K.  H.  Lovett 

Oration,    "Our  College,  Mer  Condition  and  Hopes,"  P.  S.  Moxom 

Music. 
"There  is  Light  Beyond,"  -  -  -  -PS.  Moxom 

Oration,    "?^ducation  vs    Moral  Improvement,"     -  S.  N    Chambers 

Music. 
"Thoughts  of  Long  Ago,"  .  .  -  -  Cii.EE  Club 

(Pianist-  Miss  Bulkley.) 

President  Gregory,  of  the  Illinois  Industrial  University,  Springfield,  111., 
delivered  the  Address  before  the  Societies  at  the   Cimmencement  of    1S70. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

ADVENT  OF  THE  FAIR  SEX.       (1870  TO  1880). 

'T^HIS  decade  witnessed  several  important  developments  in  our  Society 
life.  It  was  a  period  of  strong  activity,  vigorous,  enthusiastic  work 
and  steady  growth.  Society  spirit  was  strong,  but  despite  wholesome 
rivalry  there  were  very  few  occurrences  of  a  particularly  racy  nature — at 
least  very  few  of  peculiar  historical  value  or  significance.  Leap-years  and 
Presidential  elections,  St.  Valentine's  Day,  Hallowe'en  and  Washington's 
Birthday,  afforded  the  principal  excitements  of  the  students;  while  seren- 
ades and  boat  rides  in  spring  and  fall,  and  coasting  and  skating  parties  in 
winter,  helped  relieve  the  busy  monotony  of  college  life.  Of  course  the 
dreamy  quietude  of  the  dear  old  village  was  occasionally  disturbed  by  the 
burning  of  a  residence,  which  interesting  spectacle  all  proceeded  to  "take 
in."  Then,  too,  on  one  occasion  some  philanthropist  kindly  secured  to  the 
students  an  unwonted  holiday  by  purloining  the  clapper  of  the  College  bell. 
This  attempt  was  repeated  later  by  some  "frisky  spirit,"  but  failed  to 
produce  the  desired  effect,  the  authorities  having  meantime  laid  in  a  supply 
of  clappers. 

The  work  accomplished  in  our  Society  was  of  a  high  order. 

Dr.  KcndricK     and  the  men   and  women  who  controlled  the  destinies  of 

Becomes         Alpha  Zeta  were  strong  and  earnest.     The  general  admis- 

Presidenl        sion  of  women  to  Shurtleff    in  the  fall  of  70  marked  the 

of  Shurtleff.      era  of  modernization  and  refinement  which  still  continues. 

The  strong  administration  of  President  Kendrick,  which 
began  in  1872-73,  was  felt  throughout  all  the  ramifications  of  Shurtleff's 
life.  His  was  truly  a  master  hand,  and  his  life  a  potent  uplifting  force. 
Three  new  buildings — the  Chapel,  Martha  Wood  Cottage  and  Pierson 
Gymnasium — are  monuments  to  his  magnificent  energy  and  organizing 
power,  and  represent  but  a  small  part  of  the  labor  for  which  Shurtleff 
College  is  indebted  to  him  in  everlasting  obligation. 

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HASSELTINE   LOVINA   HEAD, 

/H)r>i    .SV    J.ouis.  .),'«.,  .l/ri/,  /Sj;;. 

Pied   /  (twiTucr,   /\'(ts.,  Sc/>/i-///t>f>\  /Sj 


SARAH    H.    BULKLEY, 

(t(l   i; niduadon) 
\/rs.    Sara//    />'.    h'olxrts,    />ou)is.    Ill 


SIIUHTLHFF'S    FIRST    GIRLS. 


On  llir  iJ  (it  Si'ptfinhiT,   1S7(),  is  luld  tlu-  first  "i-xpi-rii-iut' 
"Lxpcricncc      iiua-tiiiu"  <>t  which  wc  havi'  ifcitrd.     Thi-sc  nifc-tinns  wcrt' 

l))ccliiKj."     tor  sonu'  time  aftiTward  n-^iular  occurrtMHcs,  vi-ry  intt-ri'stinu 
aiui    pnititabU'    "seasons"    wlu-n    thr     nu-mbers   compared 
notes    on    tlieir  summer  expi-riences   aiui    i-njoyed   a   l^it  of  informal  socia- 
bility.    All  were  full  of  renewed  zeal  and  enthusiasm  for  tiie  welfare  of  the 
Society,  and  eajier  to  push  through  a  yood  >\;n's  work. 

On  the  2  VI  of  September,  Misses  H.  L.  Read  and  Sarah  h.  Bulkley  are 
received  as  active  members  of  our  Society,  and  are  by  vote  exempted  from 
payment  of  their  fees  for  the  college-year.  The  ladies  are  honored  with 
ofil'ices  at  once,  Miss  BulUlev  beinji  chosen  recordinjji  secretary  and  Miss 
Read  editress.  At  the  election  of  January  17 ,  Miss  Bull<le\'  is  chosen 
president  and  Miss  Reati  \ice-president.  Not  lon^  afti-rward  the\'  appear 
in  oration  and  debate.  The  records  show  that  they  worked  fully  as  hard  as 
the  youny:  men — even  harder  than  many  of  them.  Their  presence  was  a 
great  inspiration  to  the  boys. 

On  Sept.  l}i  the  Society  passes  a  resolution  that   a   committee 
Tbc  Hnnual    of  three,  H.  E.  Mills,  J.  B.  Hn^^lish  and  H.  W.  Brayton  should 
of  1870.       "compose  and  publish  a  Histor\and  Cataloiiue  of  the  Society 
and  such  other  matter  as  may  seem  advisable."     On  Feb.  3, 
1871,  this  committee  reports  their  work  completed   and    is  dischar^ied,  with 
the  exception  of  Mr.  English,  who  is  appointed  to  attend  to  the  sale   of  the 
book.     This  "Annual"  is  a  little  paper-bound  book  of  forty  pages   contain- 
ing a  resume  of  the  work  of  the  Society  for  the  college-year  lcS69-70,  list  of 
officers  and  members  tor  that  \'ear,   a  brief  historical  sketch   of  the   Society 
and  list  of  all  its  Presidents  up  to  that  time;    also   a  complete   List  of  Mem- 
bers, active  and  honorary.      There  are  several   other  interesting  features  of 
the  little  book. 

The  boys  were  at  this  time  discussing  such  questions  as  the  resump- 
tion of  specie  payment,  the  Alabama  claims,  the  moral  causes  of  the  great 
Chicago  fire,  the  annexation  of  San  Domingo,  and  the  terms  imposed  by 
Germany  upon  France  at  the  close  of  the  great  Franco- Prussian  war. 

The  Annual  Exhibition,  which  had  heret(ifore  just  preceded  the  Christ- 
mas holidays,  is  n(tw  Set  for  Januar\-  or  February  The  price  of  admission 
is  reduced  from  50  cents  ti»  25  cents,  and  fewer  complimentary  tickets  are 
given  out. 

We  note  that  this  fall  for  the  first  time  the  office  of  Chaplain   is   filled 

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by  appointment,  instead  of  election,  as  at  first.  .  .  .  Ten  dollars  is 
appropriated  each  year  toward  the  publication  of  the  Qui  l^ive,  the  Society 
directory  of  course  appearing  in  each  issue.  .  .  .  The  library  at  this 
time  contains  a  large  number  of  duplicate  books,  and  others  which  are  not 
of  especial  interest  to  the  members.  A  committee  is  therefore  appointed  to 
sort  out  the  books,   and  auction  off  such  as  are  really  superfluous. 

The  civilizing  and   refining  influence  of  the  young  women 

Influence  of       — -though    only   the    two  mentioned    above  were  as  yet  in 

Ladv  n^cmbcrs.    attendance    at    the    College — is    very    noticeable    indeed. 

These  two  young  women  certainly  deserve  far  more  credit 

in  the  upbuilding  of  our  Society  than  is  generally  recognized.     Their  advent 

marks  the  Golden  Age  of  Alpha  Zeta's  history. 

The  program  is  steadily  increasing  in  value  and  variety  of  exercise.  It 
is  now  a  regular  thing  to  have  two  declamations  from  Academy  members 
immediately  preceding  the  debate,  and  this  practice  is  continued  for  a  long 
time.  On  March  10  a  Shakespearean  dialogue  was  rendered  at  a  regular 
Friday  evening  meeting,  and  it  proved  so  taking  a  number  that  it  was  added 
to  the  next  Public  Meeting  program. 

We  notice  even  as  early  as  this  that  the  terms  "Exhibition" 
"Exbibllion"     and   "Public  Meeting"  were  coming  to  be  used  quite  loosely 
and  and  it  is  sometimes  difficult  to  determine  which  is  referred  to. 

"Public  The  passing  of  the  old-time  Public  Meeting  did  not  occur,  how- 
n)ccliny."  ever,  until  many  years  afterward.  It  was  an  outgrown  insti- 
tution, and  rightly  became  a  thing  of  the  past.  The  regular 
"every-day"  meetings  were  very  carefully  prepared  and  no  longer  termed 
"private,"  for  large  crowds  of  townspeople,  especially  ladies,  had  for 
a  long  time  been  familiar  and  welcome  visitors.  The  Exhibition,  on  the 
other  hand,  was  continued  with  increased  zeal,  and  it  gradually  drifts  down 
nearer  and  nearer  to  its  modern  place  at  the  close  of  the  college-year. 

May  12,  1871,  a  picture  of  ex- President  Read  is  presented  the  Society. 

At  the  Reunion  in  June,  which  was  an  especially  enjoyable  occa- 

?arcu»cll    sion,  the  number  of  visitors  was  limited  to  fifty,  and  in  decoration 

lo        the  Society  fairly  outdid  herself.      Four  of  the  five  Seniors  being 

Seniors,    members  of   Alpha  Zeta,    one  of  our  members  was  appointed  to 

make  a  farewell  address'   to  them  at  this  Reunion,  which  will  live 

very  fragrantly  in  the  memories  of  those  who  were  present. 

I  This  farewell  to  Seniors  was  afterward  a   regular  custom  at  the  Reunion. 

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Dr.  Nicolls,  of  St.   Louis,  (.kli\cifd  tlk-  Adtlnss  bi-loiv  tlu-  Socit-tifs  on 
WednesdiU'  t'\fnin^,  Juik'  7. 


TIk'Sl'  rarly   '70s  wvw  tin-  vinis  wlun   siuli  ineii  as  the  t-ner- 

f\  lilimpsc     ^ctic  Rolx^rtst's,  tlit-  jolly  tn*:lisli  bn.tlK-is,  J.  W.   Primm,  tlie 

•It  the         Tate    boys,   "Bijz  and   Little  Badf^er,"  the  faithlul  Tysons— of 

PcrsonncL     happx-    disposition, — T.   M.   Coffey  and  tiie    earnest  Crawford, 

were  anions  our  prominent  members  and  uuided  the  Alplia  Zeta 
ship  of  state.  Tiien  a  few  years  later  came  the  ParUers,  Bo\ell,  Stahl, 
Parsons,  Ricks,  White,  Rennick,  Stout,  Nott  and  l)i-laney  ;  while  many 
young  ladies  joined  our  ranks,  among  whom  were  Misses  Fannie  and  Ber- 
tha Bulkley,  Misses  Coon  and  Bishop.  Muhlemann  and  Gillham,  Squires, 
Wham,   the  Risings  and  the  Whittleseys. 

This  fall  of  LS71,  under  the  able  administration  of  Miss  Read,  the  So- 
ciety continues  its  steady  progress.  At  one  of  the  first  meetings,  the 
audience  is  favored  with  interesting  talks  by  two  old  members,  fresh  from 
the  busy  walks  of  active  life — Rev.  J.  W.  Terry  and  George  I.  Foster. 

The  second  time  the  matter  of  a   literary  contest  comes  up  is  on 

Chnllcn^jc   October     13,    LS71,    when    the     following     communication     is 

lO  received   from  Sigma  Phi :      "We  do  hereby  challenge  the  Alpha 

Dcbnlc.      Zeta  Society  to  a  contest  debate  to  take  place  at  such  time  and 

under  such    restrictions   as    a   committee    of   three   from    each 

Society  shall  agree  upon."      Then   followed   a   number   of  communications 

back  and  forth    between    the    two    Societies,    and    the    matter    winds    up 

at  length  in  a  challenge  from    Alpha  Zeta  to  Sigma  Phi,  this  being  the   last 

ever  heard  of  the  matter. 

In  November  a  beautiful  new  desk  for  the  President  is  purchased.  .  .  . 
Misses  Read  and  Bulkley  are  appointed  for  debate  at  the  Annual  Fxhibi- 
tion.  .  .  .  Miss  Ruth  C.  Mills — our  third  lady  member — is  received  on 
November  Zi,  and  Miss  Ada  Hicks  December  15,  1871. 

The  library  is  catalogued  at  this  time  under  the  super\ision  of 
Library        C   M.  Cleaveland,   the  list  of  books    being    inserted    in    our 
CnialOijiicd.     large  square  record-book.      Some  years  later   it  was  carefully 
re-catalogued  by  F.  I.  Merchant.    .   .   .     The  program  of  tin- 
Public  Meeting  of  December  S,    1.S71,  is  as  follows; 

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Invocation,  .  .  -  -  -       Prof.   Stifler 

Music,  Anthem. 

Declamation,  "Patriotism  of  Our  Country,"         R.  T.  Stillwell 
Oration,  "March  of  Republicanism,"  -  M.  J.  Huffman 

Music,  "Two  Merry  Minstrels." 

Debate,  "Resolzrd,  That  our  Institutions  are  in  Danger  of   Being 
Subverted  by  Railroad  Corporations." 

Affirmative,  E.  T.  Cassel.  Negative,  E.  S.  Howell 

Music,  "Moonlight  on  the  Lake." 

Speech,  "I  Told  You  So,"  -  -  -  H.  C.  Reed 

Oration,  "National  Individuality,"  -  -       G.  C.  Peck 

Music,  Instrumental  Duet,  -         Misses  Read  and  Bulkley 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,  -  -  -  E.  E.  Tyson 

Oration,  "Frederick  the  Cireat,"    -  -         G.  M.  Cleaveland 

Music,  "The  Parting  Song." 

Mr.  E.  W.  Pattison,  one  of  our  honorary  members,  lectured  before  the 
Society  in  March,  1872.  A  Joint  Reunion  of  the  two  Societies  was  a  feature 
of  the  Commencement  this  year.  The  College  President-elect,  A.  A. 
Kendrick  was  present,  and  amid  enthusiastic  applause  was  called  upon  for 
a  speech.  The  Qui  Vive  says  his  remarks  were  "brief,  timely  and  telling." 
These  are  well-known  characteristics  of  Dr.  Kendrick's  utterances,  as  the 
Shurtleff  men  and  women  of  the  next  twenty-one  years  will  abundantly 
testify. 


in    October,    1872,   by  persistent  effort   and   something  of 

Room  for        diplomacy,    our    boys    succeeded    in    obtaining    from    the 

Librarv  and      "powers"  the  use  of   the  room  in  the  extreme  northwest 

Cabinet.         corner  of  the  fourth  floor   for    our    Cabinet  and  Library — 

which    had    since    April    25,   1862,  been    in    the  first-floor 

Reading-room,  the   latter  having  been  under  control  of  the  College  after 

that   date.     This    new  Library  room    on    the    fourth    floor,    adjoining  the 

three  rooms  which  formed  the  Society  Hall,  was  now  beautifully  carpeted, 

papered  and  painted,  being  thus  made  to  correspond  with  the  Hall  itself. 

On  November  8,  Prof.  Warren  Leverett,  one  of  the  pioneers  among 
Shurtleff's  professors  and  a  man  universally  loved,  passed  away,  and  a  joint 
committee  from  the  two  Societies  and  the  Faculty  drew  up  resolutions 
respecting  his  death. 

On  Nov.  22  the  Society  was  favored  with  speeches  from  Messrs.  H. 


E.  Mills  and   1.   I).   Foulon,  of  the  Classes  of  '69    anJ     '70    respectively. 

Dec.  6  we  have  first  record  of  the  "Select  Reading,"  which  exercise 
was  so  popular  at  Shurtleff  for  a  time,  but  which  is  to-day  a  thing  of  the 
past. 

On    Sunday,    December   15,   Father   Loomis  died   at  the 
Dcalh  cf  residence    of    his  son-in-law,    Hon.    Cyrus  Edwards,   in 

**?alhcr  LocmiS."  Upper  Alton,  at  the  age  of  97  years.  He  was  the  first 
teacher  of  Shurtleff  College,  and  a  most  magnificent 
type  of  manhood.  His  sermons  and  other  writings  manifested  very  strik- 
ingly the  fact  that  he  believed  with  his  whole  S(uil  the  doctrines  and 
principles  he  enunciated.  He  accomplished  a  gigantic  life-work,  and  his 
powerful  personality  was  stamped  upon  more  than  one  generati(Mi  of  men. 
He  was  a  \'ery  conscientious  man,  of  profound  scholarship,  and  an  able 
preacher  and  teacher.  His  life  was  devoted  to  study,  and  up  to  the  very 
last  he  delighted  to  pore  over  the  latest  theological  works,  or  pursue 
abstruse  calculations  in  astronomy.  One  of  his  sons,  the  late  Dr.  Elias 
Loomis,  of  Yale  University,  was  a  noted  astronomer  and  the  author  of  a 
complete  series  of  mathematical  text-books. 

it  was  long  an  annual  custom  with  the  students  of  Shurtleff  College 
to  call  upon  Father  Loomis  on  his  birthday.  May  M.  His  earnest  words  of 
greeting  and  counsel  were  never  forgotten. 

The  Exhibition  this  year  occurred  on  January  ?A,  1873.  The  program 
follows: 

Music,  Anthem,  "O.  Come,  let  us  Sing,"         -  -  -  Glee  Club 

Debate.    "A'cso/t'cd,     That   France  is    Prepared  for   a    Republican    Form  of 

Government  " 

Affirmative,  G   C.  Peck.         Negative,  E    S.  Howell 

Music,  Song  and  yuartet,   "Sounds  of  the  Sea."  -  -  U'cbstcf 

Oration,  "The  Statesman  and  the  Editor,"  -  -  J.  W.  Pkimm 

Music,  Instrumental,  "Gens  d'Armes.  ' 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,        -----  Miss  R.  C.  Mills 

Music,  Song  and  Duet,   "The  Rosebush."  -  -  -  //od^rfs 

Messrs.  Coffey  and  Crawford 

Drama,  "The  Fall  of  Tarquin,"  (two  scenes) 

„  \  Brutus,  T.  B.  En(,lish. 

Personse  ■  ~-         t,-*  - ,    ^ 

/  Titus,  T.  M.  Coffey. 

Music,  Flute  Duet,  (operatic  selection)  -  Messrs.  Mills  and  Foulon 

(Pianist,  Miss  Mills  ) 
Oration.  "The  Present  in  the  Light  of  the  Future,"         -  E.  T.  Cassel 

Music,  "Dreaming,"  ---.--  Quartet 

(Pianist,  Mrs.  Ho\ey.) 

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On  January  31,  Mr.  H.  L.  Stetson,  of  Griggsville,  111,,  delivered  a  very 
interesting  and  practical  lecture  before  the  Society  on  "The  Art  of  Getting 
into  the  Right  Place." 

On  the  14th  of  March  the  Society  suspended  the  regularly  appointed 
program  for  a  "Welcome  Meeting,"  in  which  Sigma  Phi  joined,  in  honor 
of  ex-President  Read,  who  was  paying  a  short  visit  to  the  College. 

A  called  meeting  in  May  was  held  for  the  purpose  of  passing  resolu- 
tions upon  the  death  of  our  fellow-memher,  Willie  D.  Ely. 


In  the  fall  of  1873,  the  cruel  hand  of  death  again  took  from  us  one  of 
our  beloved  members.  Miss  Hasseltine  L.  Read  died  on  September  13,  in 
Lawrence,  Kansas.  This  event  cast  a  distinct  sadness  over  the  opening 
year. 

The  Society  piano  having  now  become  prematurely  old,  and  having 

Orgnn     lost  the   silvery  tones  of  youth,   the  need  of  a  new  instrument 

Bought,  is  seriously  felt.     Accordingly,  on  Sept.    19  the  Society  considers 

the    propriety  of    buying  an   organ,  and  $62.50  is  pledged   as    a 

starter.     The  organ  is  purchased  shortly  afterward,  and  is  placed  in  L.  J. 

Hancock's  hands  to  be  rented  at  his  discretion. 

The  use  of  the  Hall  is  granted  to  the  Theological  Department  for  each 
alternate  Thursday  evening. 

In  March  the  Society  insurance  is  paid  up  and  discontinued. 
Among  the    various   themes  under  discussion   this    spring   we   notice 
Sumner's  Civil  Rights  bill,  the  policy  of  abolishing  the  protective  tariff,  and 
the  effects  upon  colleges  of  intercollegiate  contests. 

Several  good  lectures  by  distinguished  men  were  enjoyed  this  year. 

The  music  during  these  years  of  the  '70s  was  held  well  up  to 
IDusic.  the  high  standard  Alpha  Zeta  has  always  maintained.  The 
advent  of  the  young  ladies  of  course  marks  a  great  advance  in 
this  direction,  and  vocal  solos,  duets  and  quartets  were  very  frequent.  An 
orchestra  was  formed  in  the  early  '70s,  and  friends  from  Alton  and  Upper 
Alton  often  favored  us  with  music  on  the  violin,  guitar  and  other  instru- 
ments. Nearly  all  our  young  lady  members  were  quite  skillful  musicians 
and  of  the  young  men  who  were  good  singers  and  members  of  the  Glee-club 
we  may  mention  E.  T.  Cassel,  Horace  Roberts,  the  English  boys,  H.  H. 
Branch,  Carner,  Kitzmiller  and  McCormick,     The  quartets  of  two  male  and 

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1.  GeofReW.  Gibbeiis,  '83. 

2.  J.  Howard  Merriam,  '79. 

3.  Joseph  H.  Beaven,  '79. 

4.  Edward  G.  Knight,   80. 


PkHSlDHNTS'  CJKOUP    NO.  S. 


5.  Thomas  S.  Youiir.  'H4. 

6.  Beiij.  W.  Wiseman,    Xi. 

7.  Beillia  Biilkley-Roacli.  '78. 
S.   Kdi-ar  B.  Roach,  '79. 


9.    Utiiry  S.  Black,  ^X. 
Id,   Kollie  M.  Cooper,  ".So. 
1 1.   Allien  J.  Ki-ndrick,  '75 


12.  *Chas.  C.  H..II,  •»(. 

13.  F.  Will  Nolt.,   '84. 

14.  John  K.  Buck.  "83. 


two  Ic-inak'  \(tiec'S   wcw  a   iiott'Wditliy   iharai  trristic    i>\   tlu-    imisii'   of  this 
tinu'. 

In  NoxcinbtT,  1S74.  our  brloxt-d  Dr.  I^attisoii  was  laid  to  n-st.  Hi* 
was  a  man  ot  rare  purit\'  and  swi'c-tncss  of  tliaraLtiT,  and  womlirtul  consc- 
craiion  to  Ciod. 

On  Januar\-  15,  1S7S,  tlit-  Society  ^irants  tin-  usi-  of  tlu-  Hall  tor  Satur- 
day t'veninys  to  tlif  "Academic  (or  Amateur)  Society" — an  oruanizati(»n 
similar  to  the  old  Alpha  Siyma,  but  about  which  we  know  \'ery  little. 

A  spelling-match,  at  the  suggestion  of  Prof.  Dodge,  is  one  of  tin-  inti-r- 
esting  features  of  this  year. 

Re\'.  F.  M.  Ellis  addressed  the  Alumni  at  Commencenu-nt,  and  Prof. 
Mathews,  of  Chicago  Uni\'ersit\',  lectured  before  the  Literar\'  Societies. 


There  seems  to  ha\'e  been  an  immense  amount  of  useless  nego- 

CcllCijC       tiation,    year   after  year,    between  the   two    Societies  o\'er  the 

l.cclurc      matter  of  lectures,  and  when  at  last  the  College  Lecture  Course 

Course.      under    the    present   arrangement    was   instituted   by    Presidi-nt 

Kendrick  every  one  heaved  a  sigh  of  relief. 

The  purchase  of  Alaska,  the   reduction  of  the  salary  of  the  President 

of  the  United  States,   and   the   Freeilom   of  Ireland   are  among  the  weighty 

questions  discussed  in  Alpha   Zeta's  Hall  by  the  youths  of  this  period. 

We  note  O.  E.  Badger  favors  the  Society  with  an  "allegorical  disser- 
tation,'' but  are  unable  to  learn  the  exact  nature  of  this  exercise. 
On  Dec.  4  the  audience  is  gratified  by  a  pleasing  address  from  Prof.  Tyson, 
of  Howe  Institute.  .  .  .  In  January,  1876,  the  list  of  members  was  care- 
fully revised  and  the  practice  of  roll-call  at  every  regular  meeting,  which 
had  fallen  into  disuse,  was  resumed. 

The  program  of  the   Public   Meeting  of  Frida>',   Februar\-    IS,  was    as 
follows: 

Invocation.  ....  Rev.  Mk    Si.v 

Instrumental    Duet,    Misses   Kutii  C    Mii.i.s   and    Fanmk   N.    Bii.ki.k\' 
nel)ate  :      " /\'fS(>/TC</,   That  I'-ngland  received  no  permanent 

Henefit   from  Oliver  Oomwell 
Vocal  Sextette,  "Come  Away,  Elves." 

Misses  Nkttie  and   Ai.ick  Risin<;.  Hki.kn  Win  ihroi', 
F"anmk    H('I.KI.I•:^,    Ai.k  k    .ind    Cakkik    Whitti.ksky 

IdS 


Oration,     "Mental  Originality,"  -  -  L.  M.  CumminGS 

Declamation,  "Eulogy  on  Webster,"  -  -  S    M.  Delaney 

Vocal     Duet,    "Music    and    Her    Sister,    Song," 

Miss  A.  Rising  and    Mr    M.  J.  Hicks 
Recitation,    "The  Neglected   Call,"  -  Miss  Alma  Chapman 

Written  Speech,  "Boyhood  and  Boys,"         -  -  H.  Pollard 

Vocal   Solo,     "Rocked   in    the    Cradle  of  the   Deep,"       H.  H.  Branch 
Paper,    "The  Ball, — Keep  it   Rolling,"  -  John   E.    Roberts 

Oration,  "Advance  of  Science."  -  -  -  J    F    Wells 

Quartette,   "Like  a  Fairy  Creature," 

Messrs.  Pollard,  Branch  and  Huffman,  and  Miss  Fannie  Bulkley 
(Pianist,  Miss  Mills) 

Washinu[ton's  Birthday  was  this  year  celebrated  by  tlie  Societies  in 
conjunction  with  the  citizens  of  the  town. 

The  "written  speech"  is  a  peculiarity  of  this  period,  and  seems  to  have 
been  something  very  hastily  jotted  down— usually  aiming  at  the  humorous. 

On  March  31  the  regular  exercises  gave  way  to  a  decided  novelty — an 
Exhibition  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Freshmen.  Eleven  took  part,  three  being 
girls.  The  declamations  and  recitations  were  for  the  most  part  very  well 
rendered.  

Early  in  the  fall  of  1876  the  Society  purchases  a  beautiful  new  piano, 
and  the  organ  is  relegated  to  the  rear. 

During  the  '70s  we  note  that  the  JOURNAL  was  discontinued 
3ournai        as  an   exercise  of  the  ordinary  meetings,  and  even  for  several 
Di$COntinucd.  years  it  does  not  seem  to  have  been  a  feature  of  the  Exhibi- 
tions.    But  debating  w^s  vigorously  maintained. 
Mr.  F.  W.  Parker,    one   of  our   members,    won    in    the    Intercollegiate 
Oratorical  Contest  this  fall. 

Following  is  the  program  of  the  Public  Meeting  of  January  19,  1877: 

Instrumental  Duet,  Overture,  (Freischutz) 

Misses  Nettie  Rising  and  Ellen  L.  Muhlemann 
Declamation,   ■'The  Paai,"  (/n^i^n'/so//)  -  -  -  C    H.  McKee 

Essay,    "The  Folly  of  Decrying  the   I'resent    Age,"  Miss  Ella  A.  Bulkley 

Oration,  "International  Arbitration,"  -  -  Frank   I     Merchant 

Vocal  Solo.   "Longing."  (Millard)  -  -  -         Miss  Laura  Phillips 

Debate:      ' '  A'rsolTcd,      Th  it  the  Electoral  System  should  be  Abolished  " 

Affirmative,  W    R.  Anderick,  F.  W.  Parker 
Negative,   W.  Sanford  Gee,  Lindsay  English 
Instrumental  Solo,  Sonata,    "Pathetique,"   (/,.   A/.  HcflhoToi) 

G    L.  Morrill 

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Select  Reriding,  "Cut  Behind,"  (7\t/ni(i,i;i-)  •             -          C  F.i.i.f.ky  DvE 

Vocil  Solo,  "The  Day  is  Done,"  (/ui//,)             -  -                    H.  H.  Hkancii 

Oration,    "The  Power  that  Moves  the  World,"  Jas.  F.  Wei. is 

Vocil  Solo,  "Sweetheart,"  (/>'«//>•)                 -  -               Miss  Laika  Piiii.i.M's 

The  custom  tor  tlu-  Pri'sidt.'iit-(.'l(.\t  to  appoint  liis  committees  immed- 
iately upon  his  election  had  obtained  up  to  Feb.  '■),  1X77,  but  since  that 
election  it  has  been  the  rule  to  name  the  committees  later. 

The  program  ot  March  16,  1877,  was  dropped  (or  the  benefit  of  itur 
Sub- Fresh  members,  who  jiave  a  very  creditable  program  of  declamations 
and  recitations. 

"Robert's  Rules  of  Order"  is  at  this  time  substituted  for  "Cushin^'s 
Manual"  as  our  standard  authority  on  parliamentarv  law.  This  is  done  at 
the  sujz^estion  of  T.  J.  SanforLJ. 

On  Tuesday,  June  12,  H.\-President  Read,  then  of  Brooklyn, 

Gcldcn  N.  v.,  addressed  the  Literary  Societies  of  Shurtleff  Collejie. 

Diibilcc  It  was   "an  eloquent  and  masterly  review  of  the  duty  and 

Commcnccmcnl.     mission  of  the  scholar."      Rev.  C.  A.   Hobbs,  of  the  class 

of    '69,    also  read  one  of  his   bri^zht,     witty   poems.      This 

great    Commencement  occasion  was  one  of  the  most   memorable  of  all   in 

the  history  of    the  Colleiie — beinjj    the  GoLk'U  Jubilee  of  its  foundinu, — 

and  is  too  well  known  in  all  its  details  to  require  further  memion  lu're. 


Several  committees  were  successiveK'  appointed  in  the  sprin^i  of 
Prcscnl       '77   to  take    steps    toward   securing   a    first-floor   room   for  the 
Hdll         Society  Hall.     Almost  24  years  the  Alpha  Zetans  had  toiled    up 
Scciircil.     those  stairs,   and  though  the  physical  exercise  was  much  appre- 
ciated, there   came  a  time  when  the  Alpha  Zetan  of  the  period 
longed    for    an  abidinij-place  terrestrial.      Those  in  charge  of  this  matter 
in  the  spring  had  failed  to  "get  in  on  Ihe  ground  floor,"    but  during  the 
summer    two    loyal    Alpha    Zetans,    Francis    W.    Parker    and    Herbi-rt    H. 
Branch,   remained  in   Upper  Alton,   and  when  the    Trustees  of  the  College 
announced  to  them    through    iJr.    Kendrick    that  the  Society  might  move 
downstairs  into  its  present  location   in   the  southwest  division  of  the  first 
floor   of  the   Uormitory,   they  proceeded  at   once  to  prepare  for  the  grand 
removal.      With  iheir  own  hands  they  removed   the  partitions  which  sepa- 
rated our  present  Hall  into  ilu-  four  original  rooms.      The  studding  consisted 

lOS 


of  4x4  oak,  and  had  to  be  chopped  down  hke  trees,  as  it  was  mortised 
above  and  below  into  heavy  beams.  Tlie  finishing  up  was  done  after 
College  re-opened,  and  tlie  Society  met  two  or  three  times  in  the  Theologi- 
cal Library  until  the  finisliing  touclies  had  been  given  to  the  new  Hall.  A 
great  deal  of  credit  and  gratitude  is  due  Messrs.  Parker  and  Branch  in  con- 
nection with  this  event,  which  marked  still  another  era  in  our  Society  life. 
S.  D.  Wham  and  Justus  L.  Bulkley  were  also  especially  prominent  in  this 
enterprise,  though  Baker,  Wells,  Jones,  Bovell  and  the  rest  who  were  not 
specially  delegated,  did  noble  work  also.  When  the  plasterers  and  carpen- 
ters had  completed  their  work,  an  elegant  Brussels  carpet  for  the  new  Hall, 
and  the  finest  wall  and  ceiling  paper  obtainable  were  purchased  in  St. 
Louis.  And  a  glorious  old  jubilee  there  was  among  the  Alpha  Zetans  that 
fall!  Of  course  there  v/as  lots  of  money  to  raise,  but  they  went  about 
it  enthusiastically  and  the  amount — about  $300 — was  soon  rolled  up. 

Oct.  4,    1877,    is    the    first    record    of    our  having  special   judges 

3iuUj(S     upon   debate   at  the  ordinary   meetings.     The   President,  F.   W. 

for       Parker,    introduced  this  innovation,    and  it  has   been   the   custom 

Debate,    ever  since.     Messrs.  Anderick',  Gee  and   Elisha   English   have   the 

honor   of    being   the   first    of    the    judges.       The    question    was 

'' Kesolved,  That  Russia  was  justified  in  declaring  War  against  Turkey," 

and  the  decision  was  rendered  in  the  affirmative,    the  Critic's  report  being 

given  in  during  the  consultation  of  the  Judges. 

On  the  19th  of  October,  the  Society  receives  a  brief  report  from  Mr. 
Bovell  in  relation  to  the  Intercollegiate  Oratorical  Contest  held  at  Monmouth 
a  day  or  two  previously. 

This  fall  the  disturbances  created  during  our  Friday  evening  meetings 
becomes  so  serious  that  committees  from  the  two  Societies  lay  the  case 
before  the  Town  Council  and  request  a  special  police  service  for  Friday 
evenings.     This  is  at  length  secured  at  a  slight  expense. 

On  motion  of  Wells,  the  Society  changes  its  order  of  exercises  so  that 
the  business  session  shall  precede  the  literary  program,  the  former  being  held 
from  7:00   until  7:30  p.m.     This  order  was  continued  for  several    months. 
At  this  time  the  National  game — base-ball — was  very  popular  at 
DvC  ibe      Shurtleff.     Walraven  and  Geo.  E.  Dye  for  three   years   manned 
"Pbcnom."  the  battery,  and  during  that  time  the  Shurtleff  boys  were  never 
defeated.     Mr.  Dye's  pitching  was  simply  marvelous,  and    dur- 
ing these  years  the  enthusiasm  never  flagged. 

106 


1.  Sibyl  Swain,    h'. 

2.  F.  W.iiriii  Tl rs.iii.   HI, 

Alli.it  M    ll;iiri>;..n.    h, 


PKhblDHNrS'  (iKOUr    NO.  '). 

I     llaiiyC-     KuMuil.ls,    ««.. 

S    MjiiiiiiiiK  MMylicId  Mrliilvi.-.    Ss 

I.    P;ivi.l  |-     M,  InlM.'     sr, 


;     Alvii,  W    ll.iv.. II.  •> 
s     |..hii   I    K...«rli.  -.s*. 

<|      (°,i  lllll.li'  Clilllnll   I  '.ill 


On  March  8  the  leguhir  projjrani  was  postponed  one  week,  tor  an 
extra  projzram  representing  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  This 
scheme  was  engineered  by  a  committee  of  three,  and  was  very  successfully 
carried  out.  pro\'ing  an  (.■xcelieiit  parlianHMitar\-  drill. 

Major  J.  B.  Merwin,  of  St.  Louis,  lectured  hi'fore  tlu'  two  Societies  in 
June. 


An  old  custom  of  Alpha   Zeta  was  for  the  retiring    Presi- 
SHidcnts'  dent,    after  his   little  valedictory  speech,   to   conduct  his 

Sclf-Ocvcrnmeiil.  successor  to  the  chair,  in  the  fall  of  1878,  J.  F.  Baker, 
on  retiring  from  this  oft'ice,  escorts  Frank  1.  Merchant  to 
the  rostrum  amid  deafening  applause.  During  Merchant's  able  administra- 
tion several  noteworthy  events  transpired.  One  of  these  was  the  matter  of 
self-government  on  the  part  of  the  students.  A  "tender"  looking  in  this 
direction  was  made  by  the  Faculty  and  accepted  by  the  students,  who  then 
elected  officers  to  compose  the  "General  Assembly"  for  the  year,  as  follows: 
President,  Vice-President,  Secretary-Treasurer,  Marshal,  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney, Chief  Justice  and  First  and  Second  Assistant  Justices.  There  was 
also  a  "Senate"  elected  for  the  college-year.  Trials  for  various  misde- 
meanors were  held,  and  fines  and  other  penalties  imposed,  the  Faculty 
sustaining  and  enforcing  all  the  decisions  of  the  Court.  The  plan  proved 
quite  generally  satisfactory,  but  it  remained  in  operation  only  about  two 
years. 

This    fall    marks  the   inauguration   of    the  well-known    "Joint 
?irsl       Sociable"    of    the  two   Literary   Societies,    and  the  memory    of 
3oinl       nearly    every    Shurtleff    student    of    these    later  years  contains 
ScciaL     pictures  of    this    great    event    at  the    beginning  of  the  season, 
when  every  one  is  "on  their  best  beliavior"   and  the  delight- 
fully fascinating  pleasure  of  making  the  acquaintance  of  the  new  students 
is  the  order  of  the  evening. 

The  contest  spirit  crops  out  again,  for  the  third  time.  On  Sept.  27, 
Alpha  Zeta  receives  a  challenge  from  Sigma  Phi,  and  promptly  accepts  it. 
The  terms  seem  to  be  unsatisfactory  in  some  wa\',  howe\-er,  and  nothing 
more  is  heard  of  the  matter. 

The  question  of  paying  fines  is  vigorously  agitated,  and  the  litllowing 
resolution  is  passed : 

109 


Whereas,  The  clause  in  our  Constitution  relating  to  fines  for  the  non-performance  of 
duty  has  virtually  become  a  dead  letter;  Therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  as  a  Society  we  reaffirm  our  belief  in  the  justness  of  the  clause  and 
pledge  ourselves  to  support  our  President  in  his  efiorts  to  enforce  this  provision  of  the 
Constitution. 

Several  members  about  this  time  and  a  little  later  are  suspended  from 
the  Society  for  non-payment  of  fees  and  fines,  and  the  result  is  greater 
diligence  and  promptness  in  the  performance  of  duty.  Upon  payment  at  a 
later  date  the  majority  of  these,  however,  have  their  names  stricken  from 
the  "suspended"  list. 

Every  few  years  it  seems  to  become  necessary  for  a  college  literary 
society  to  wake  up  its  members  a  little  on  the  subject  of  payment  of  dues, 
fines,  etc.,  and  the  President  who  makes  advancement  in  this  direction  is 
certainly  to  be  commended  and  upheld. 

At  a  called  meeting  Feb.  7,  1878.  a  committee  is  appointed  to  draw  up 
resolutions  on  the  death  of  Miss  Dollie  Elwell,  one  of  our  members.  The 
Hall  was  draped  heavily  in  black  at  this  time. 

A  brand-new  revision  of  the  Constitution  goes  into  effect  on  the  last 
Friday  of  the  second  term  of  1878-79. 

Dr.  Ganse,  of  St.  Louis,  delivered  the  Annual  Address  before  the 
Literary  Societies  at  Commencement. 


The  College  Review  made  its  debut  this  fall,  superseding  the  old 
Qui  Vive. 

A  couple  of  chandeliers  and  about  a  dozen  lamps  were  purchased.  The 
library  was  put  in  good  order,  a  considerable  number  of  new  books  bought, 
and  a  library  fee  of  one  dollar  per  year  fixed  upon,  the  proceeds  to  be  used 
in  the  purchase  of  new  books. 

in  October  a  farce  entitled  "Handy  Andy"  was  given  at  a  regular 
Friday  evening  meeting,  by  H.  S.  Black  and  E.  L.  Chapin.  .  .  .  Two 
ushers  were  appointed  for  regular  meetings,  and  the  practice  was  con- 
tinued for  a  long  time.  ...  A  Society  bulletin -board  was  a  character- 
istic of  this  period.  .  .  .  The  Madison  County  Medical  Society  held 
their  annual  meeting  in  our  Hall.  .  .  .  The  Annual  Exhibition  occurred 
as  late  as  April  23. 


110 


On  March  11.  J.  F.  Baki-r  prestMits  a  numbi-r  ot  aiiH-iKlnuMits 
/1mcndmcnt$.     to     tlie    Constitution    and    By-l-aws,    amony    these    beinji 
the   provision   still   in  effect  that  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary,    Treasurer    and    Librarian   sliall    be'  elected   at  the   first   electinn,    in 
September,  holdin^i  ottice  throujihout  the  college-year. 

The  control  of  the  interoceanic  Canal,  and  tln'  administration  of 
the  Indian  Bureau,  are  among  the  questions  brought  up  and  discussed  in 
debate.  .  .  .  The  Constitution,  By-Laws  and  Rules  of  Order  are 
printed  in  pamphlet  form.  .  .  .  April  9,  the  following  resolution  is  passed, 
on  the  occasion  of  a  generous  donation  of  books  from  Maj.  H.  L.  Field: 

''Resolved,  That  we  express  to  Maj.  Field  our  appreciation  of  the 
interest  still  manifest  in  our  welfare,  and  tender  him  a  hearty  vote  of 
thanks  for  the  \aluable  addition  to  our  library." 

At  the  Reunion,  now  held  in  the  afternoon,  the  Society  listened 
Reunion,  to  an  inspiring  speech  from  Dr.  Fairman  on  "Eloquence,"  one 
of  his  points  being  that  eloquence  does  not  always  embody 
truth,  but  truth  always  finds  eloquence.  J.  F.  Baker  spoke  upon  "The 
Character  of  a  Literary  Society."  Dr.  Ellis  entertained  the  audience  with 
personal  reminiscences  of  the  earlier  history  of  the  Society.  The  Farewell 
Address  to  tlie  Seniors  was  delivered  bv  Miss  Fannie  Gillham. 


Ill 


CHAPTER  VII. 

BROADER  CULTURE  AND  SOCIAL  GROWTH.     (1880- 

A  N  Alpha  Zetiin  of  the  early  '80s  writes  of  the  youn^  men  of  liis  time: 
"Many  pleasant  memories  arise  as  1  turn  over  the  leaves  of  life's 
book  to  those  meetings  in  Alpha  Zeta.  Manyf  aces  crowd  upon  me  as  in 
fancy  1  sit  and  look  upon  the  rostrum.  Chapin,  tall,  auburn-haired,  stands 
looking  out  from  under  deep  brows,  earnestly  voicing  his  ideas.  McKee, 
large,  with  leonine  mustache,  impressively  speaks  to  us.  Merchant,  who 
thought  in  Latin,  keen  of  eye,  with  the  intellect  and  manner  of  a  scholar, 
addresses  us.  The  dark  Foulon  twins  sparkle  forth  with  wit  and  humor. 
Wiemers,  tall  and  slightly  stooped,  fond  of  argument,  exercises  his  forensic 
powers.  Pepperdine,  another  tall  boy,  thrills  us  with  his  eloquence.  Then 
Merriam,  Roach,  Johnson,  Kendrick,  Ed  Knight,  H.  S.  Black,  Freeman, 
Place,  Dillard,  Perrine,  Garr,  McCormick  and  many  others,  with  character- 
istic manner,  arise  and  have  their  say.     Ah!   they  are  boys  no  longer." 

On  February  19,    1881,  the  first  ''Parliamentary"  of  which  we 
Institution    have  record,  is  held.     These  meetings  were  usually  on  Saturday 
of  the      evenings,  and  were  presided  over  by  a  Chairman  elected  at  first 
"Pari."     by  the  Society.     Any  members  who  wished  to   attend  were  at 
liberty  to  do  so.     Two  or  three  were  appointed  to  devise  a  num- 
ber of  "bills"  to  be  brought  up  for  consideration,    and   other   "business" 
was  proposed  on  the  spur  of  the  moment.     The   meetings  were  of  decided 
benefit  to  the  participants,  a  great  many  points  in  parliamentary  law  being 
learned  in  this  informal  way.     The   ladies   also  frequently  attended  these 
meetings.     For  a  while  the  two  Societies,  we  understand,  held  their  parlia- 
mentary drills  conjointly,  meeting  in  their  respective  halls  alternately  and 
choosing  in  turn  the  one  to  act  as  Chairman.     Among  the  questions  debated 
were: 

''Resolved,  That  the  Assassination  of  the   Czar  was   a  benefit  to  his 
Country." 

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"kt'solvi'ii,  Tliat  R(tscot'  Conklin^  was  Justifk-J   in    Witlulrawiii^  from 
the  Senate." 

''Ri'SolveJ,    Tliat    the    State    ot    Missouri    Coniniitted    Murder    in    thr 
Removal  of  Jesse  James." 

"On  one  occasion  a  new  mt-mher  arose  to  .mswir  an   opponent  in 

}\  $aJ    Jeb.ite.       'Mr.  President,'  lie  said,  and  tlien  h.-   stopp.-d.       Tliere 

Case,     he  stood    gesticulatinji  and   strujz^lin*:  to  speaU,    but   not  anotlier 

word  could  he  utter.      He  had  to  sit  down,  and  a  more  complete 

picture  ot  dejection    it    would    ha\'e    been   hard    to    imi^ine.      The  critic 

expressed  regret  that  the  gentleman  could  not  voice  his  arguments,  addinji 

that  he  was  i'\  idently  too  lull  tor  utterance." 

We  jzive  below  the  program  of  the  Hxhibition  of  April  i'),    ISSl.       The 
music  was  furnished  by  the  Collejze  Band. 
Invocation 

Mesic,  'Prize  Banner  Commandery  (Jjicksiep.  "  -  -  /'lax^sltii 

Declamation,    "True  Science."  -  -  "  J    Howakd  Mekria.m 

Music.  Selection.  "Linden  Polkn,"  -  Douizitti 

Essny.  "Power  of  InHuence."  -  -  -         A    J    Kkndkk  k 

Music.    "First  Kiss  Waltx,"  ....  -  I  a  mot  hi- 

Oration,  "The  Dissipation  of  Cieniu-^."  -  -  F    I>    Hnon 

Music,  "Enchanting  Polka."    (Solo  for  Cornet.)  -  W'utzlii- 

Recitation.  "Illinois  at  Donelson,"  -  -  Miss  Fannik  CIii.i.ham 

I  list  aire  Comiquc.  -  -  -  -  -  J-  FouLON 

Music,    Clrand    Potpotirri  — "Chips  ....  Heycr 

Oration.  "Defense  of  the  Medi.TPval  SiMi  it.  •  -  WM    F    Wiemkrs 

Music,    Quickstep,  .  -  -  -  -  /aiist 


On  the  death  of  Presidi-nt  (iarlield  in  September,  ISSl.  the  Mall  was 
heavily  draped  in  black,  and  the  business  portion  of  the  pro^iram  was  post- 
poned, the  Society  enjiauinjz  in  a  Memorial  service.  Speeclies  weri-  made 
by  Dr.  BulUley,  Mr.  Mills  and  Professors  Fairman,  ClarUi-  and  Castle. 
Three  musical  numbers  were  rendered. 

''The  fall  and  winter  <.f   ISSl  were  marked  b.\'  \ery  many   annoy- 

"ToU'll    ances  by  the  town  boys,  who  sought  to  break  up  the   meetinus  of 

VS.       the  Societies  by  their  n<iis\'    demonstratifms.        Thr    Alpha   Zi-ta 

(ioiun."  Hall   being   nearest    to    the    t(»wn,    generally    received    the    brunt 

of    the    troubles.      Rocks    would    be    thrown     at    the  windows, 

and   the  cursing  and  swearing  heard   by  thoM'   near    tlu'    windows    would 

Hi 


become  unbearable.  Cat-calls  and  poundings  on  the  doors  became  a  com- 
mon occurrence.  Affairs  reached  a  climax  one  Friday  evening,  when  after 
unusual  trouble,  two  or  three  stood  ready  at  the  door  to  spring  out  on  the 
next  offender.  King  Morrill,  J.  H.  Beaven  and  S.  S.  Cruzan  were  on  guard. 
Footsteps  were  heard,  and  at  the  first  rap  Beaven  sprang  out  and  jumped  on 
a  fellow  six  inches  taller  and  fifty  pounds  heavier  than  himself,  and  by  the 
sheer  momentum  drove  him  to  the  door.  Just  as  Beaven  pushed  him  off 
the  steps,  Cruzan,  who  was  as  heavy  and  as  tall  as  the  intruder,  raised  his 
monstrous  foot'    and   lifted   the  fellow  in  just  the  right  spot   to  land  him  at 

full  length  on  the  walk  outside The  town  boys  were  dissatisfied 

with  the  outcome.^  They  followed  Freeman  about  for  several  days, 
and  pestered  him  on  every  possible  occasion — mistaking  him  for  Beaven. 
On  finding  out  their  mistake,  the  party  who  had  been  so  roughly  handled 
challenged  Beaven  to  a  fisticuff  to  even  up  matters,  and  settle  the  trouble 
for  the  sides,  as  they  declared.  The  challenge  was  accepted,  and  place, 
hour  and  day  settled  upon,  but  the  town  boys  never  put  in  an  appearance, 
or  troubled  the  College  boys  again  that  winter,  much  to  the  relief  of  the 
students." 

On    Feb.     10,    1882,     a    new    President's    chair   was    bought. 
ftciU  Piano.    Another  moot-court  was  held  this  spring.   The  Annual  Exhibition 

gave  place  to  a  concert  on  May  5,    the  proceeds  of  which   were 
applied  to  the  purchase  of  an  elegant  new  piano  for  the  Society. 

The  Reunion  had  been  growing  in  favor  each  year,  and  consisted  at 
this  time  of  a  short,  informal  literary  program,  after  which  the  assembly 
partook  of  a  collation,  daintily  served.  The  Reunion  of  1882  was  held  in 
the  Society  Hall  at  3  p.m.  May  31,  Z.  Foulon  expatiating  on  the  glory  of 
the  Seniors;  1.  D.  Foulon,  the  Alumni;  and  Frank  I.  Merchant,  the  Faculty. 
The  Farewell  Address  was  delivered  by  Enoch  Johnson. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Stanton,  of  Quincy,  addressed  the  Societies  on  Monday, 
May  29. 

At  the  beginning  of  each  college -year  the  President  of  the  College 
chose  the  members  of  the  Review  staff  from  the  two  Societies,  his  selec- 
tions being  submitted  to  the  Societies  for  confirmation.  The  College  paper 
was  at  this  time  under  the  direct  control  of  the  College  authorities. 

I    No.   10  shoe. 

2.  /.  ('.,   He  came  out  too  suddenly. 

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On  oiu-  Occasion  a  iiu'iiiber  of  our  Soi.ii-ty  souulit  to  fxtt-mpori/i'  on 
"TIk- Orator."  "Behtild  tlu- Orator! "  Ir-  (.rit-J,  "as  Ik-  stands  aroiisc-d 
to  all  the  possibilities  of  his  subject  anJ  of  the  occasion."  This  is  about  as 
far  as  he  got.  The  boys  were  aroused  to  the  possibilities  of  tlu-  occasi(»n, 
and  for  a  good  while  afterward  he  was  greeted  with  the  quotation,  "Behold 
the  Orator!'" 

The  regular   program    for    Nov.    .^,    1SS2,   was    postponed    for    a 

Special       "Dickens  Meeting."      Meetings  of  this  character,  i.  v.,    di'\dted 

Prcvvrnms    to  the  rendition  and   discussion   of  one  certain  author's  worUs, 

nnd         were  found  quite  a  decided  source  of  benefit,  as  well  as  provid- 

Sociablcs.    ing  a   pleasing  variety  in  the  literary  exercises  of  the   Society. 

Occasionally  a  sociable  took   the   place  of  a    regular   meeting. 

There  were  usually  two  or  three  of  these  sociables  in  the  spring,  especially 

near  the  close  of   the    college-year,   and   one  was  often   held  during    the 

Thanksgiving  holidays  for  the  benefit  of  those  members  who  remained  in 

town. 

At  the  Exhibition  of  April  13,  I.S83.  the  Society  secured  Mr.  Charles 
Kunkel,  of  St  Louis,  as  pianist,  and  Mr.  August  Stengler,  of  the  same  city, 
as  clarinetist. 

In  these  days  the  little  pastime  of  ducking  was  practiced  to  a  very 
Splash!  considerable  extent  by  the  Shurtleff  boys,  and  it  was  perilous  at 
times  to  stand  underneath  the  windows  or  at  the  foot  of  the  stair- 
shaft  of  the  Dormitory.  One  of  our  old  members  writes  us  that  the  popu- 
lar amusements  of  the  day  were  "annoying  theologs,  holding  town  boys 
under  the  pump,  painting  President  Kendrick's  horse  as  a  zebra,  etc'  "  One 
of  the  questions  chosen  for  debate  at  this  period  was,  ' ' Rt'solveJ ,  That 
Ducking  should  be  made  a  Capital  Offense."  Another  requiring  e\en  less 
research  was,  " fiesolvi'd ,  That  Chickens  roosting  on  the  College  Campus 
belong  to  the  College  Boys." 

The  New  Chapel  Hall  was  completed   in   time  for  tin-  Commence- 
Dcu'     ment    of  1883,   and    the    dedicatory  exercises   were  held   in    that 
r,b,ipcl    building  on  Tuesday,  June    S,   Hon.   D.   B.   (iillham,    f(»r     many 
Hilll.    years  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,    being  master  of  cere- 
monies, and  Dr.  P.  S.  Henson,  of  Chicago,  delivering  the  address 
ot  the  day.     The  c(»mpletion  of  this   building  seemed  to  usher  in  a  new  era 
at  Shurtleff.     Various  other  improvements    iiave    follnw<d    in    rapid    suc- 

I  This  last  is  one  of  the  most  famous  jokes  of  Old  Sliiirilitl 

115 


cession.  Chapel  Hall  was  now  the  place  for  Society  Exhibitions,  concerts, 
lectures,  entertainments,  rehearsals,  etc.,  and  we  all  wondered  how  we 
had  ever  done  without  such  accommodation. 

The  literary  portion  of  the  Reunion  this  year  was  as  follows: 

Address  of  Welcome,              .              .              ,              .  Kingman  G.  Morrill 

Address  to  Seniors,          .....  Jos.  H.  Beaven 

Reply  in  behalf  of  Seniors,  Bertha  Bulkley 

Address    in  behalf  of  Faculty,               .                           .  Prof    Clarke 

Address  in  behalf  of  Alumni,                       .              .  Rev.  Elisha  English 

History  of  Society,           .....  Albert  J.  Kendrick 

Misses  Merchant  and  Murphy  rendered  an  instrumental  duet,  and  Miss 
Siem  treated  us  to  a  vocal  solo.  "The  rest  of  the  time  was  spent  in  social 
enjoyment,  and  before  going  home  the  members  of  the  Society  made 
the  new  (Chapel)  Hall  ring  with  the  jolly  old  college  songs." 

Dr.  W.  W.  Boyd,  of  St.  Louis,  delivered  the  address  before  the  Liter- 
arv  Societies. 


The  JOURNAL,  which  was  established  in  1858,  although  it  had  proved 
one  of  the  most  interesting  exercises  of  our  programs,  had  for  several  years 
past  appeared  only  rarely — and  then  chiefly  on  state  occasions;  but  J.  H. 
Beaven's  good  issue  of  September  28,  1883,  seemed  to  have  aroused  new 
zeal  in  this  regard,  and  the  Society  organ  has  been  quite  regularly  edited 
ever  since. 

Society  carpets,  like  Society  pianos,  cannot  last  very  long,  and  a  new 
stage  carpet  is  bought  in  the  fall  of  1883. 

The  following  little  incident  illustrates  the  College  boy's  love  for 

.^11  fun.  Toward  twelve  o'clock  one  dark  night  a  bell  began  to  ring 
InciiJcnt.  out  a  lugubrious  toll,  and  it  continued  to  peal  forth  for  several 
hours.  At  length  the  dogs  set  up  an  answering  howl,  and  ere 
long  the  people  in  the  vicinity  became  desperate,  as  there  was  little  pros- 
pect of  sleep.  They  started  forth  en  dishabille  to  investigate,  while  the 
boys  in  the  Dorm  (most  of  them)  slumbered  on  peacefully,  it  was  discov- 
ered that  the  offending  bell  was  the  one  on  the  old  "Chapel."'  No  sign  of 
a  cause  for  the  regular  motion  of  the  bell  could  be  perceived  by  the  anxious 
crowd  with  upturned,  despairing  eyes,   but  just  as  they  were   discussing 

I  All  obsolete  institution  after  the  Dorm  bell  was  put  up,   but   retained   in   its  old   place  honoris  causa 
for  years  afterward. 

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PRESIDENTS'  GROUP    NO.   10. 


1.  Webley  J.  Heaven.  '.•<«. 

2.  VVilli;iiii  H.  Fuller.  'SH. 

3.  Joliii  H.  Coulter,  '8ij. 


4.   Howard  U   Cli.ipiii.in.  >s. 
5    Hxwiird  C    I  ill"!!.  'Sy. 


().  J    1-r.ink  Gillliain.  '88. 
7.  Ailoipli  G.  Mizell,  '89. 


plans  for  scaling  the  building,  tlit-  rinjziny  abruptly  ceased.  The  explana- 
tion of  the  mystery  is  this:  One  of  the  boys,  on  opening  his  window  in 
the  Dormitory  opposite  the  old  Chapel,  had  iieard  a  little  scraping  noise. 
Reaching  down,  he  felt  a  cord  sliding  bacl<  and  fi)rth.  Quietly  drawing  his 
bed  up  to  the  window,  he  gave  the  cord  a  pull  and  slipped  it  over  one  of  the 
bed -posts.  It  came  loose  from  something,  and  was  easily  hauled  in.  Later 
developments  brought  out  the  fact  that  one  end  of  the  cord  had  been 
fastened  to  the  ankle  of  the  man  in  the  room  just  below — the  other  end 
being  run  through  a  pulley  on  the  wall,  and  attached  to  the  bell  ovt-r  on 
the  old  Chapel.  This  fellow  liad  been  lying  innocently  in  his  bed  and 
amusing  himself  by  drawing  the  cord  to  and  fro,  with  the  results  above 
described.  When  tlie  jerk  on  the  cord  came  our  hero  was  yanked  out  of 
bed,  and  hastened  to  sever  his  connection  with  the-  bell  for  fear  of  being 
dragged  out  of  the  window.     He  had  a  swell  ankle  the  next  morning. 

Among  the  last  of  the  Public  Meeting  programs  we  note  the  following 
of  Dec.  7,  1883: 

Prayer. 
Instrumental  Uuet,  Turandot  (overture),  "Chinese  Melody," 

Misses  Bertha  Bulklev  and  Kate  Merchant 
Declamation,    "The  Glory  of  our  Country,"  -  -  J-  D.  Madding 

Reading,  "The  Blacksmith's  Story,"     -  -  -         Miss  Libhie  Branch 

Vocal  Solo,  "Angel's  Serenade,"     -  -  -  -       Miss  Jennie  Siem 

Oration,  "Classic  Feticism,"  -  -  -  -  J.  I.  Taylor 

Recitation,  "Mona's  Waters, "         -  -  -  Miss  Olive  Powless 

Guitar  Solo,  "Boccaccio's  March,"       -  -  -  -       w.  E.  Kelley 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,         -  -  -  -  -  E.  G.  Knight 

Vocal  Solo,  "Bobolink,"  .  .  .  .  Miss  Jennie  Siem 

Debate,  "KcsolTcd,  That  Napoleon  Bonaparte  was  a  Christian." 

Affirmative,  H.  S.  Black  Negative,  E.  B.  Roach 

Guitar  Solo,  "Chimes  of  the  Suwanee  River,"       -  -  W.  E.  Keli.e\' 

On  Feb.  19,  1884,  the  Society  instructed  the   Public    Meeting 

/Inclbcr        Committee  to  arrange  with  the  Sigma  Phi  committee   to  have 

SdijvjCStion      a   Contest    if    possible    instead  of  the   regular   Hxhihitions  in 

of  •)  Contest.    April.     There  was  a  difficulty,  however,  one  side  being  unable 

to  secure  a  satisfactory  orator  and  the  other  failing  to  find  a 

suitable  reciter.     So  the  matter  was  again  dropped. 

Dr.  Geo.  C.  Lorimer,  then  of  Chicago,  delivered  the  Annual  Address 
before  the  Societies  at  the  Commencement  of  1884,  his  theme  bt^ng  "The 
Foreigner  in  America." 

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A  steady  advance  in  athletic  sports — particularly  base -ball — 
Base  Ball  marked  these  years  of  the  '80s.  This  was  the  time  when 
and  Shurtleff  had  perhaps  the  finest  base -ball  team  in  her  history. 

Olbcr  Sports.  E.  B.  Roach  (catcher)  and  Enoch  Johnson  (pitcher)  formed 
the  "old  reliable"  battery,  with  Ed.  Kendrick  at  short,  while 
Woodrow,  Kenyon,  Frank  and  King  Morrill,  Bonham  and  Caldwell  did  most 
excellent  field  and  base  work.  Boxing  started  up  with  a  boom  in  the  fall 
of  1884,  and  black  eyes  and  dislocated  noses  were  "de  ting."  Foot-ball 
was  not  neglected,  although  it  was  engaged  in  mainly  for  exercise  and 
recreation.  Roller-skating  at  the  Alton  rink  was  quite  extensively 
indulged  in  also,  until  the  craze  subsided.  Tennis  was  not  yet  in  vogue, 
but  croquet  was  very  popular  among  the  lighter  forms  of  outdoor  exer- 
cise. Prof.  Washington  Leverett's  famous  croquet  ground  was  for  over  a 
decade  a  peculiarly  fascinating  stamping-ground  for  students,  to  say  nothing 
of  professors  and  "men  about  town."  An  air  of  jolly  good-fellowship 
surrounded  the  place,  and  many  a  lean,  cadaverous  student  chased  away 
gnawing  care  and  nervous  headache  on  that  old  croquet  ground,  to  the  tune 
of  the  ball  and  mallet.  To  the  writer — and  we  venture  the  same  is  true  of 
many  another — this  pastime  has  never  seemed  so  pleasant  elsewhere. 

The  rivalry  which  had  prevailed  between  Alpha  Zeta  and  Sigma 
Contest.     Phi  since  the  formation  of  the  latter  Society,  was  particularly  strong 

in  the  early  '80s,  and  at  length  on  the  31st  of  October,  1884, 
our  Society  received  a  communication  from  Sigma  Phi  suggesting  that  the 
two  Societies  dispense  with  their  Exhibitions  this  year  and  engage  in  a  joint 
Contest  instead.  Alpha  Zeta  signified  her  willingness  to  meet  her  rival, 
and  on  April  24,  1885,  occurred  the  first  regular  literary  Contest  in  the 
history  of  the  Society.  The  preliminaries  were  carefully  arranged  by  a 
joint  committee  from  the  two  sides,  the  contestants  worked  very  faithfully, 
and  at  the  appointed  time  the  New  Chapel  was  packed,  much  excitement 
prevailing.     The  program  follows: 


Caliph  of  Bagdad. 

A  Vindication  of  Lovejoy, 
An  Independent  Judiciary, 


INVOCATION. 
OVERTURE. 


nECLAM.\TIONS. 


Minnehaha  Orchestra 

E.  A.  Kendrick 
J.  V.  RowE 


Come  Fairies,  Trip  it, 


Juno  Quartet 


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Budget,  .......  C.RArK  ror.F. 

Journal,  .....  C.  C.  Ham. 

MUSIC. 

Lust  Spiel    (Keler  Bela),  ,  Minnkmaha  Orciikstra 

ORATIONS. 

The  Unsolved  Problem,       .  .  E.  G.  Knk.ht 

War  and  Its  Inevitable  Results,  ...  F.  H.  Morrii.i. 

MUSIC. 

When  the  Violets  are  Blooming,  (Freeman)  .  Juno  Quartet 

RKCITATIONS. 

The  Skeleton  in  Armor,  ....  Lillian  Blair 

Rizpah,  .......  Alice  E.  Holt 

MUSIC. 

Bohemian  Girl,   (Selection)  Minnkiiaha  Grciiestra 

DEBATE. 

KesolTfd,  That  Woman's  Suffrage  Would  be  Detrimental  to  Society, 

Aff.  H.  S.  Black.     Neg.  Byron  Barber 

MUSIC, 

Den  Sorgen  Trotz  Waltz,  Minnehaha  Orchestra 

1  Dr.  E.  Wvman,  Upper  Alton. 
DECISION  OK  THE  JUDGES,  -:  Kev.  Thos.  Gordon,  Alton. 

(  J.  B.  Merwin,  P-sy.,  St.  Louis. 

The  Judges'  decision  was  for  Si5j;ma  Phi,  our  Society  winning  only  the 
recitation.  Yet  the  Contest  was  reaUy  very  close,  and  many  competent 
and  unprejudiced  literary  men  in  the  audience  decided  in  favor  of  Alpha 
Zeta's  orator  and  debater.  The  Sigma  Phians  were  of  course  highly  elated 
over  their  victory,  and  on  the  following  Monday  evening  they  assembled  in 
their  hall  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  a  mock  burial  of  Alpha  Zeta.  The 
funeral  oration,  however,  was  unceremoniously  interrupted  by  the  sudden 
entrance  of  Dr.  Kendrick,  who  confiscated  the  box  labeled  "A.  Z.,"  and 
ordered  the  crowd  to  disperse,  which  it  promptly  did. 

The  disturbances  created  every  Friday  evening  by  the  town  roughs 
just  outside  the  Society  Halls,  had  again  become  so  great  that  steps  were 
taken  toward  holding  the  programs  on  Friday  afternoons.  The  arrange- 
ment, however,  was  never  consummated. 

On  April  26  our  Society  held  memorial  serxices  in  \iew 

Death  of  of  the  recent  death  of  Mrs.  Fannie  Roberts,  (//('(•  Bulk- 

n)r$.  Tannic  Roberts.      ley)    at   her   home    in    Kansas   City,    Mo.     She    was 

esteemed  very  highly  by  all.      The  Hall  was  draped 

in  mourning  and  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  Society: 

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Inasmuch  as  it  has  pleased  the  All-Wise  Creator,  in  his  mysterious  Providence,  to 
take  away  from  our  number,  and  from  the  household  of  our  fellow-member,  our  honored 
and  esteemed  friend,  Mrs.  Fannie  Roberts,  therefore,  do  we,  the  members  of  Alpha  Zeta 
Society, 

Resoh'e,  That  in  her  we  have  lost  one  whose  presence  was  encourngement,  whose  coun- 
sel was  always  of  wisdom,  and  whose  friendship  was  a  pledge  of  confidence; 

That,  as  we  bow  in  humble  submission  to  the  Divine  Will,  we  pray  that  her  noble 
Christian  life  may  be  our  example;  that  her  earnest,  generous  desire  for  the  good  of  others 
may  be  ours;  and  that  we  may  never  forg«3t  the  beanty  and  purity  of  her  Christian 
character: 

That  we  sincerely  mourn  her  death,  and  extend  our  heartfelt  sympathy  to  our  fellow- 
member,  her  husband,  and  to  our  beloved  professor,  her  father,  and  to  the  large  circle  of 
friends  called  to  suffer  with  them  in  their  bereavement; 

That  these  resolutions  be  placed  on  the  Society  records;  that  they  be  printed  in  the 
College  J\evieiu,  and  a  copy  sent  to  Rev.  John  Roberts. 


Mr.  E.  G.  Kni^lit  was  our  delegate  this  fall  to  the  State  hitercoilegiate 
Oratorical  Meet  at  Blackburn  University,  Carlinville,  Illinois. 

One  of  our  old  members,  who  was  in  the  verdant  stage  at  this  period, 
gives  the  following  graphic  description  of  his  "first  speech:" 

I  shall  never  forget  my  debut  on  Alpha  Zeta's  rostrum.  When  I  looked  out  over 
that — as  it  appeared  to  me  — vast  sea  of  calmly  expectant  faces,  my  self-possession  took  flight 
and  I  vainly  wished  that  I  might  accompany  it.  I  remembered  the  first  sentence,  so 
I  began,  and  the  remainder  of  my  selection  just  rolled  out  of  its  own  accord,  as  I  suppose  I 
kept  my  mouth  open.  The  sound  of  my  own  voice  startled  me;  it  seemed  that  some  other 
fellow  was  talking.  At  first  it  seemed  so  loud  that  I  feared  that  "other  fellow"  would  disturb 
our  friends  in  Sigma  Phi  Hall.  But  soon  the  sound  began  to  recede  and  grow  faint  in  the 
distance,  imtil  it  was  gri'dually  lost  to  my  ear.  I  don't  know  what  happened  after  that,  but 
when  I  regained  thorough  consciousness  I  found  myself  seated  in  the  audience  and  my  friends 
kindly  applauding  my  efforts. 

The  ofifice  of  Sergeant-at-Arms  was  created  in  October,  1885, 
Scrycani-     and  the  Constitution  amended  accordingly.    A  large  star- shaped 
at-/lrms.     badge  was  secured  for  this  custodian  of  the   peace,    who,  with 
his  numerous  deputies,  soon  became  a  terror  to  the  rowdies  from 
the  town  who  sought  to  make  it  unpleasant  for  us  during  the   rendition  of 
the  programs,     it  was   of   course  a  trifle  annoying  to  have  a  large   rock  or 
chunk  of  coal  go  bumping  along  through  the  outer  hallway  when  the  audi- 
ence was  attentively  listening  to  recitation,  oration,  music,  etc. — or  to  have 
a  stone  come  smashing  through  the  window-pane  at  any  minute — or  to  liave 
some  tough  empty  all  the   chambers  of  a  six-shooter  into  the  air  near   the 

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vvinJrA^!  Niv^rthfless  this  nvjali  elem.-nt,  yrowintj;  nv)re  bold,  bt^gan  to 
push  its  way  into  the  Society  Hall  during  the  exercises,  and  as  a  conse- 
quence tlie  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

"Resolveii,  That  hereafter,  in  the  regular  meetings  (if  the  Alpha  Zeta 
Society,  none  be  allowed  admission  except  those  to  whom  inxiuitions  have 
been  extended  by  vote  of  the  Society. 

''Resolveii,  further,  that  invitations  be  extended  to  all  the-  students  ot 
Shurtleff  College,  to  the  members  of  the'  Faculty,  and  to  all  honorar\-  and 
former  members  of  Alpha  Zeta. 

''Resolved,  further,  that  upon  the  vouch  of  any  active  member  a  friend 
may  be  admitted  for  the  evening." 

Committees  were  appointed  to  procure  and  distribute  invitation  cards, 
and  four  gentlemen  of  flu- Society  detailed  to  keep  the  obstreperous  spirits 
on  the  outside  in  check  during  the  meetings.  The  Sigma  Phi  Society  not 
long  afterward  followed  our  example  in  establishing  the  oftice  of  Sergeant - 
at-Arms,  and  the  disturbances  at  the  Halls  subsided,  for  the  time  being  at 
least,  though  a  constant  guard  was  kept.  This  custom  of  admitting  persons 
to  our  meetings  by  invitation  card  was  in  effect  but  a  short  time,  although 
the  Society  continued  the  plan  of  sending  out  eacli  fall  a  large  number  of 
invitations  to  the  "exercises  of  the  year." 

This  fall  the  Society  printed  a  large   number   of  ribbon   badges, 
Annual      and  this  has  become  a  custom  since — with  both  Societies.     New- 
Ribbon      badges    are  usually  obtained   every   year,  the   style  frequently 
Badges,     varying  a  little.     They  are  brought  forth  for  tiie  first  time  at  the 
Joint  Sociable  of  the  Societies  held  at  the  beginning  of  the  year, 
and  there  is  no  difficulty  in  determining  the  literary  affiliations  of  the  old 
members. 

In  the  latter  part  of  January,  1886,  Alpha  Zeta  challenged  Sigma  Phi 
to  a  contest.  The  challenge  was  accepted,  and  on  the  30th  of  April  the 
second  Contest  occurred,  in  the  presence  of  an  immense  crowd.  The 
following  is  the  program: 

I'RAVKR. 

PIANO  DUET 

DECLAMATIONS. 

Col    IngersoU's  Address  to  the  Soldiers  at  Indianapolis.       -       J.  V.  E.   Marsh 
p:mmefs  Vindication.  -  -  -  -  "  -    V. C  Knic.ht 

PIANO   AND  \I()I.IN    ni'ET 

12.^ 


Alpha  Zcta  Journal,  -  -  -  Miss  Manning  Mayfield 

Sigma  Phi  Budget,  ....  Miss  Mamie  Taggart 

VOCAL    DUET. 
RECITATIONS. 

Virginia,  ..-.--     Miss  Hattie  L.  Yerkes 

Kit  Carson's  Ride,  .  .  .  -  -  Miss  Sibyl  Swain 

VOCAL    SOLO. 
ORATIONS. 

The  Light  of  the  Nineteenth  Century,         -  -  -  C.  C.  Hall 

Relation  of  .Esthetics  to  Ethics,  .  .  .      Miss  Alice  Gillham 

VOCAL  SOLO. 
EXTEMPORANEOUS  DEBATE. 

Affirmative,  T.  S.  Young.  Negative,  E.  A.  Kendrick. 

VIOLIN     SOLO. 

Judges;  Pres.  E.  A    Tanner,  Jacksonville;     Prof.  J.  Pike,  Jerseyville; 
Rev.  H.  S.  Mills,  Alton. 

The  decision  gave  the  victory  again  to  Sigma  Phi — by  a  scant  majority 
out  of  540  points.  The  next  morning,  in  accordance  with  a  previous 
arrangement,  tlie  victorious  contestants  were  hauled  in  a  wagon  through 
the  streets  of  the  town,  by  tlie  defeated  ones.  This  was  doubtless  a 
benefit  to  both  Societies,  as  it  furnished  a  means  for  letting  off  the  "high 
head  of  steam"  which  had  been  generated.  In  the  evening,  Sigma  Phi 
very  courteously  gave  our  Society  a  reception  and  banquet,  which  was  much 

enjoyed. 

The  Society  Hall  was   refitted  very  beautifully  in  tlie   spring  of 

Hnli  1886.      It  was  re-paperc^d,   new  curtains  were  put  up,   a  con- 

nicclv        siderable  sum  expended  for  new  pictures,  the  system  of  light- 

Rcfittcd.     ing  greatly  improved,  and  a  beautiful    bit   of   statuary — -"Diana 

and  the   Deer'"    purchased.      While  these   improvements  were 

being    made    on   the    Hall,     two    regular  programs   were    postponed,     and 

the  Society  enjoyed  a  sociable  at  Dr.  Bulkley's  and  another  at  the  residence 

of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   H.   E.  Mills.      Later  on  another  Society  sociable  was  held 

at  the   hospitable  home  of  Dr.    and  Mrs.  James.     A  special  program  was 

presented  on  April  2,  when  the  newly  fitted  Hall  was  re-occupied. 


Next   fall    the  large  hollywood  letters  "A"   and  "Z"  which  so  long 
adorned  (Kir  Hall,  were  secured  and  put  up  over  the  rostrum. 

The  Drill  Committee,  a  suggestion  of  Mr.  T.  S.  Young,  was  established 

I  Also  the  "tin  lioss,"  which  tlie  hoys  and  girls  of  the  period  will  remember  vvjtli  a  smile. 

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PRHSIUHNT'S  GROUP    NU.    11 


1.   I-r.iiicis  ]■;    Coiiltci.  \j2. 
1.   Claia  Bell  \'.im  Huusui.    yl 


3.   T.iiiiHr  S   (iiiTiltoii.    yi. 
^.   Ko-e  M.  Mi.ler,  '.ji. 


^     Nillif  G.  Scott    'fS. 
()    Anna  1;.   Wempoii,  'S;. 


about  this  tiiiU',  tlKuiuli  it  did  ii"t  bLx-itiiie  a  standing  committrt.'  for  a 
year  or  two.  Tiiis  is  anotluT  ^ood  tiling  that  Si^ma  Plii  sdoii  attc-rward 
bejian  to  push  aloii^i. 

It  had  become  customary  at  this  time — as  it  is  at  tlie  presc-nt  da\',  lor 
all  the  prosi'ii'n  appointments  to  be  madt-  three  weeks  in  advance.  The 
Secretary  also  read  at  each  nuTtinti  the  nanus  of  tlie  appointees  for  one, 
two  or  three  week's  hiter. 

Tiie  interest  in   debate   lan^uisliod    badl\-  at  tiiis  pi^riod.      I  hr 
Dccndcncc     disprtants  were  frequently   allowed  to   ch(»ose  their  own  ques- 

Of  tions,  and  often  insufficient  preparation  was  made,  the  debates 

Debate.  thus  losinji  in  xi^or  and  life.  It  was  not  an  uncommon  tiling  to 
postpone  or  drop  this  exercise,  which  was  generally  regarded  as 
a  bugbear;  and  consequently  the  opportunity  for  much  valuable  training  was 
lost.  The  life  of  a  literary  society,  like  all  other  phases  of  life,  is  deter- 
mined largely  by  impulse,  and  the  current  as  it  flows  along  winds  now  here, 
now  there,  according  to  environment  and  the  spirit  of  the  age.  One  form 
of  mental  and  literary  e.xercise  would  suddtMih-  bfcoiiu-  "all  the  rage,"  and 
after  a  time  perhaps  as  suddenK"  drop  into  the  background.  In  November, 
1886,  extemporaneous  speaking,  which  had  been  receiving  less  attention 
than  formerly,  enjoyed  a  "boom"  in  our  society— chirtly  through  the  efforts 
of  Mr.  Young.  This  is  a  valuable  form  of  training,  and  one  in  which 
the  Alpha  Zetans  have  quite  regularly  engaged  in  these  last  years.  At 
the  time  of  its  revival  twelve  years  ago,  the  speaker  was  not  given  his  sub- 
ject until  he  had  reached  the  platform  and  taken  his  stand;  he  was 
then  expected  to  speak  from  three  to  five  minutes  on  the  topic  assigned.  It 
was  not  until  some  time  afterward  that  the  present  custom  was  adopted,  in 
accordance  with  which  the  subject  is  assigned  the  speaker  a  few  minutes  in 

advance. 

The  music  of   the    '80s  was   remarkably  fine.     The   College 

Here  the        Band,  consisting  of  some  fifteen  or  twenty  pieces,  was  in  the 

Btinil  Plays,    flood-tide  of  its  success  and   usefulness,  furnishing  music  for 

public  occasions   at   Shurtleff  and    in    neighboring  towns,  and 

occasionally  giving  concerts,  which  grew  to  be  quite  popular.     Our   Alpha 

Zeta  Orchestra  assisted  considerabl\'  in  the  music  for  the  programs,  as  did 

the  various  trios,  quartets  and  sextets  which  we  from  time  to  time  organized. 

But  perhaps  the  largest  part  of  the  music  for  programs  was  supplied  by  our 

many  friends  living  in  the  Altons,  to  whom   we   have  always  been   greatly 

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indebted.     Flute,  guitar,   cornet,   zither,    and   even   accordeon,  contributed 
their  varied  melodies. 

On  the  15th  of  February,  1887,  the  use  of  the  Hall  is  granted 
Class  Day.     for  the  Annual  Class- Day  Banquet  on  Washington's  Birthday. 

The  celebration  of  Class -Day  as  one  of  the  swellest  events  of 
the  college -year  had  only  recently  become  a  feature  of  Shurtleff  life. 
The  institution  of  the   custom  certainly  marked  a  forward  step. 

in  the  month  of  February  our  Society  again  challenges  Sigma  Phi  to  a 
literary  contest,  the  challenge  is  finally  accepted,  and  the  usual  great 
preparations  made  on  both  sides.  Here  is  the  program,  dated  April  29, 
1887: 


The  Unknown  Speaker, 
The  New  South, 


The  Budget, 
The  Journal, 


Brier-Rose, 

The  Death  Bridge  of  the  Tay, 


The  F'ower  of  Thought, 
The  Ideal  State, 


INVOCATION. 

MUSIC. 

DECLAMATIONS. 


MUSIC. 
PAPERS. 


MUSIC. 
RECITATIONS. 


MUSIC. 
ORATIONS. 


J.  Wash.  Buck 

S.    H.  BOWYER 


Miss  Olive  C.  Bulkley 
Miss  Manning  Mayfield 


Miss  Lucy  L.  Greene 
Miss  Sibyl  Swain 


B.  W.  Wiseman 
R.  C.  Denison 


MUSIC. 
DEBATE. 

yuestion — "Kcsoh'cd,  That  it  is  the  duty  of  American  citizens  who   believe  in 
Prohibition  to  seek  the  adoption    of   this   principle  through   the  support 
of  existing  political  parties  other  than  the  National  I'rohibifion  Party  " 
Affirmative,  E.  A    Kendrick.  Negative,  J    E    Coombs 

The  music  was  furnished  by  tht-  College  Band.  The  Judges  were 
Prof.  J.  H.  Collins,  of  Springfield,  111.;  Rev.  Wm.  Harris,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  Rev.  W.  G.  Thomas,  Kirkwood,  Mo.  In  each  one  of  the  five  exer- 
cises the  part  of  each  contestant  had  been  so  splendidly  performed  and 
the  differences  were  so  very  slight,  that  the  large  audience  awaited  the 
decision  in  breathless  suspense.  For  the  third  time,  Sigma  Phi  won, 
securing  the  paper,  recitation  and  oration — although  the  last  was  so  closely 


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contested  that  it  was  practically  even.  Halt  the  net  proceeds  of  this  last 
Contest  was  given  to  the  College  Band.  Since  the  Contest  of  18cS7  eacli 
of  the  two  S  )cieties  has  been  challenged  once  or  twicc-  by  the  other,  but 
no  further  Contests  have  been  held. 

These  three  Contests,  while  all  were  decided  in  favor  of  Sigma  Phi, 
proved  to  be  a  great  benefit  to  both  Societies  in  the  way  of  stinuilation  to 
more  earnest  effort.  And  while  on  the  surface  it  would  appear  a  crushing 
series  of  defeats  for  our  Society,  yet  we  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that 
of  the  three  Contests  of  '85,  '86,  and  '87,  the  first  was  extremely  close  and 
the  other  two  \irtually  ties. 

The  literary  and  musical  portion  of  the  Reunion  this  year  was  as 
follows: 

INVOCATION     HY     1)K.     HUI.KLEV 

Ai.i'iiA  Zkta  Orchestka 
B.  W.  Wis?:man 
Enoch  Johnson 

.     Mrs    II.   IC.   Mills,  and  Miss  Morriss 
.  B    TenBroek 
E.  S.  TowsoN 
Miss  Manning  Mayfield 
Miss  Maykiei.d  and  F.  W.  Thompson 
Speeches,  Dr.  I^ci.ki.kv,  1'kok.  Roach,  H.  E    Mills,  W.  K    Anderkk. 

Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  then  pastor  of  the  Delmar  Avenue  Baptist  Church, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  delivered  the  Annual  Address  before  the  Literary  Societies 
on  Monday  evening,  May  .50,  1887. 


Music, 

Address  of  Welcome, 

Alumni  Address, 

Instrumental  Duet, 

Recitation, 

Vocal  Solo, 

Recitation, 

Instrumental  Duet, 


The  Alpha  Zeta  "President's  Reception"  seems  to  have  sprung  info 
being  about  this  time,  the  tirsc  one  on  record  being  held  Sept.  20,  1887,  at 
the  hospitable  home  of  the  Millses. 

The  regular    meeting  of  Sept.   30,    1887,    is  worthy    of  particular 

Biij        mention.     It  was  one  of  those  rousing  old  occasions  dear  to  the 

n)ccliiuj.   heart  of  the  Alpha  Zetan.      We  were  fortunate  in  having  with  us 

a  number  of  our  old-time  members  and  friends,  and  the  speeches 
made  by  Dr.  Bulkiey,  Prof.  Castle,  Messrs.  Mills,  Field  and  others, 
expressing  the  heartiest  interest  in  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  dear  old 
Society,  stirred  the  hearts  and  inspired  the  souls  of  all.  Eleven  new  mem- 
bers joined  our  ranks  at  this  meeting.  Southern  Illinois,  familiarly  known 
as  "Egypt,"  sent  her  usual  full  delegation  during  these  years  of  the 
latter  '80s. 


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The  Constitution.  By-Laws,  Rules  of  Order  and   Act   of  Incorporation 

of  the  Society  were  together  printed  in  hand-book  form  at  this  time  by  Mr. 

F.  W.  Nolte,  then  the  College  printer,     Fi\e  hundred  copies  were  published. 

The  Constitution  and  By-Laws  had  recently  undergone  a thorouo[h  re\ision. 

In  January.  18SS.  Mr.  Jas.  T.   Coghill,  when  returning  from  a 

DCillh  cf    State  ^  .  .\\.  C.  A.    Conference  at  Champaign,  111.,  was   injured 

3n5.  C.     while  changing  cars,  and  died  at  Mattoon,   Jan.   26,   before  his 

CCvjhill.     relatives  could  reach   him.     He  was   President  of  the  Shurtleff 

Y.  W.  C.  A.,  and  a  noble  Christian  man.     He  blessed  his  fellows 

even  in  his  death.     The  boys,  thus  suddenly  brought  face  to  face  with  the 

solemnity  of  life,  were  spiritually  quickened,  and  in  a  little  series  of  Y.  M. 

C.  A.  meetings  which  followed  there  were  a  number  of  conxersions,  as  well 

as  a  vivid  awakening  to   greater  consecration   and  more   earnest  Christian 

living.     The   Society   had  the  Hall  draped   in  black   at  the  time  of    Mr. 

Coghill's  death,  and  the  profound  grief  and  sympathy  of  all   the   students 

found  expression  in  appropriate  resolutions,  which   were  communicated  to 

the  bereaved  family  and  also  published  in  the  College  Review.     We  give 

these  resolutions  verbatim : 

Whereas,  God  in  His  infinite  wisdom  has  been  pleased  to  call  from  our  midst,  while  yet 
in  the  very  bud  of  manhood,  our  beloved  friend  and  fellow  student.  James  T.  Coghill,  and 

Whereas,  The  near  and  dear  relation  which  we,  the  students  of  Shurtleff  College,  have 
ever  borne  with  him  during  the  four  years  of  his  stay  among  us,  makes  it  fitting  that  we 
express  our  heartfelt  sorrow  at  this,  our  common  bereavement;  therefore,  be  it 

/^esoh-fd.  That  we  have  lost  in  him  a  kind,  true-hearted  companion — one  whose  every 
effort  seemed  to  be  to  make  others  happy. 

/Hesolt-ed.  That  in  him  we  have  always  found  that  true  anxiety  for  the  spiritual  welfare 
of  his  associates  which  distinguishes  a  true  follower  of  the  Lord.  Ever  humble,  slow  to 
take  offense,  quick  to  render  help,  patient  and  uncomplaining,  he  was  a  "light  set  upon 
an  hill." 

/Resolved.  That  we  sincerely  mourn  his  death  and  extend  to  his  loved  ones  our  heartfelt 
sympathy  in  this  sad  bereavement. 

Resoh'ed,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  parents  of  the  deceased,  and 
also  to  the  College  Rei'iezL-  for  publication. 

For   a   year  or  two  the   business    of   the    Society    had    really 

P^cntbU     required  more  time  than  could  well  be  given  in  connection  with 

Business    the  regular  literary  program  from  week  to  week,  and  the  necessity 

n^cdina.     of  the  case  demanded  that  a  different  arrangement  be  made. 

.Accordingly,  on  April  13.  1888,  it  was  decided  by  vote  of  the 

Society  that  a  regular  business  meeting  should  be  held  once  a  month,  and 

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the  Constitution  was  so  anu-iuU^i.  This  arran^rnn-nt  lias  proved  a  ^n-at 
benefit  to  the  Society,  affording  nioie  time  for  tlie  program  anil  i-nablin;: 
members  to  take  part  oftener. 

It  was  just  about  this   tinir   tiiat  that   lt.■tr^.•sllin^ly  candid    little 
Episode,     critique    upon    the    newly    created    "Upper   Alton    Hiyh    School 

Journal"  appeared  in  the  Kevieu\  and  the  students — to  say 
nothinjz  <>f  a  ^zood  many  others — were  treated  to  a  n-al  li\'e  sensation  in  the 
way  of  a  would-be  caning  inflicted  upon  our  Keview  editor-in-chief  by  the 
irate  principal  of  the  public  school.  It  was  a  touching  (up)  episode.  Truly, 
the  cane  were  mighty,  but  the  pen  even  more  so  in  the  long  run. 

The  program  of  tin-  Annual  Exhibition  of  May  hS,  1.SS8,  was  as  follows: 

INVOCATION. 
INSTRUMENTAL    MUSIC. 

Selection,  ...  -  -  Mandolin  Qlartet 

RECITATIONS. 

"The  Burning  Ship,"  .  -  .  -  F.W.Thompson 

"The  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal,"  -  Miss  Olive  C.  Bulkley 

Vocal  Solo,  "Springtime,"  -  -         Miss  Harriett  Gripping 

declamations. 

"The  Curse  of  Regulus,"       -----         J-   E.  Buck 

"Extract  from  the  Last  Speech  of  Emmet,"       -  Miss  Sibyl  Swain 

Vocal  Duet,  "The  Pale  Moon,"      F.  W.  Thompson  and  F.  W.  Nolte 

PAPERS. 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal  («)  -  -  -  Miss  G.  P.  Clinton 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal  (l>)       -  -  -  -  -         T.  J.  Cable 

Guitar  Solo,  Selection,  -  -  -  -WE.    Kelley 

orations. 
"Hannibal,  the  Warrior,"  -  -  -  -      G.  W.  Gibbens 

"The  Recognition,"       .  .  -  -       Miss  Manning  Mavfield 

Vocal  S)lo,  "O  Mio  Fernando,"  .Miss  Harriett  Gripping 

Debate.  Question,  •■h'cso/rcd.  That  the  Prohibition  Party,  Rather  than 
the  Democratic  Party,  is  Entitled  to  Preference  on  the  Part  of  the 
Patriotic  American  Citizen." 

Affirmative,  A    J    Donaldson.         Negative,  Mark  Goode 
Ciuitar  Solo,  Selection.         -  -  -  -  W.    E    Kelley 

The  Reunion  was  held  on  Tuesday,  June  5,  and  the  Tuesday  before 
Commencement  was  for  years  the  regular  time  for  the  Hvunions  of  both 
Societies.  "The  Ethics  of  the  Nineteenth  Century"  was  the  subject  of  a 
scholarly  address  before  the  Literary  Societies  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill,  of 
St.  Louis. 

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CHAPTER  VIII. 
ALPHA  ZETA  UP  TO  DATE.     (1888-1898.) 

nPHE  last  years  of  the  '80s  are  inseparably  linked  with  the  names  and 
■^  personalities  of  Ben  Wiseman,  J.  E.  Coombs,  Whiting,  Heald, 
Gideon,  Madding,  Nietert,  Towson,  J.  E.  and  J.  W.  Buck,  "Peg-Leg" 
Smith,  Gibbens,  Nolte,  Ed.  Hill,  "Carter"  Harrison,  Jas.  Coghill,  Thomp- 
son, Reynolds,  Mcintyre  and  Johnnie  Roach.  Among  the  ladies  we  may 
mention  Miss  Gertie  Clinton,  Misses  Osborn,  Beaman,  Riggs,  the  Holt 
girls,  Maude  Murphy,  Manning  Mayfield,  OUie  Bulkley,  Willie  Bondurant, 
Alice  Whiteside,  the  Gonterman  girls,  Sibyl  Swain,  Estelle  Venters,  May 
Kirby,  Maude  Harris,  Jennie  Stelle,  Teresa  Joesting  and  the  VanHoosers. 

This  latest  decade  has  been  a  time  of  splendid  improvement.      Electri- 
city has  superseded  kerosene  in  the  lighting  of  the  Hall,  steam  heat  has 
taken  the  place  of  stove  heat,  and  the  Hall  has  been  magnificently  fitted  up. 
in  the  fall  of  1888  the  long  wished-for   Ladies'    Dormitory  and 
*'C-0-t,        Boarding-Hall  blossomed  forth  in  our  "Martha  Wood  Cottage," 
C-O-t,        the  lovely  College  home  of  the  fair  co-ed.     Hon.  Samuel  Wood, 
C-O-t-Iiiyc."  of  Jacksonville,  a  member  of  Shurtleff's  Board  of  Trustees,  gave 
$1000  toward  its  erection  as   a  memorial  to  his  deceased  wife, 
Martha,  and  the  building  therefore  bore  her  name.     Sweet  are  the  associa- 
tions entwined  about    "the    Cottage,"    and    sweetly   will   their   memory 
linger  in  the  hearts  of  Shurtleff  boys  and  girls. 

Friday,  Dec.  7,  1888,  the  historic  red-pepper  episode  occurred. 
l;^^  Some  ill-disposed  person  or  persons  scattered  a  quantity  of  Cay- 
enne pepper  through  the  hall  of  Sigma  Phi,  and  sneezing  suddenly 
became  a  fad.  A  number  of  the  Sigma  Phians  were  inclined  to  the  belief 
that  some  Alpha  Zetan  was  responsible  for  this  piece  of  work,  but  the 
writer  begs  to  state  that,  while  this  matter  has  always  remained  to 
the  general   public   shrouded   in   deepest  mystery,   yet  he   has  very    good 

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reason  to  bcliew  tliat  tlu-  thing  was  neitht-r  inspired  nor  accomplished  by 
any  Alpha  Zetan  or  Alpha  Zetans.  The  Judgment  Day  will  probably  dis- 
close the  real  status  of  the  case.  The  affair  was  very  strongly  condemned 
by  our  Society,  and  a  joint  committee  from  Alpha  Zeta  and  Sigma  Phi  inves- 
tigated the  matter,  but  no  clues  were  discovered,  so  far  as  known. 

On  May  24,  1889,  the    Society  received    an  invitation    fmm    Ur. 
Ulvman    Edward    Wyman,   Principal  of  Wyman  Institute,  to    attend   their 
Ticid       Annual  Exhibition  of  Field  Sports.     These  annual  exhibitions  were 
Dav-      very  enjoyable  occasions.      The  work  of  the  boys   in  the  gymna- 
sium and   in  their  various  field  drills  was  excellent,  showing  that  careful 
attention  had  been  paid  to  the  physical  development  of  the  boys,  as  well  as 
to  the  training  of  their  minds. 

An  interesting  incident  occurred  in  connection  with  our  Alpha  Zeta 
f\  Hope  Exhibition  this  spring,  which  was  held  on  Thursday,  May  30. 
Bliijhlcd.    About  half  past  nine  o'clock   on   the   evening  of   Wednesday,  the 

29th,  one  of  our  Alpha  Zeta  boys  spied  a  faint  glimmering  light  up 
in  Chapel  Hall.  Tliinking  this  somewhat  singular,  he  proceeded  to  inves- 
tigate. Cautiously  approaching  and  finding  the  outer  door  unlocked,  he 
noiselessly  entered  and  proceeded  up  the  stairs  to  one  of  the  stage  wings, 
through  which  he  saw  the  feeble  light  still  glimmering.  Creeping  along  on 
the  floor  little  by  little,  he  gained  a  point  from  which  he  could  view  the 
entire  room  from  behind  the  Faculty  cliairs  on  the  rostrum.  There  in  the 
semi -light  he  perceived  four  "jolly  Sigs''  busily  engaged  in  substituting 
water  for  oil  in  the  chandeliers.  Our  hero  calmly  watched  them  for  a 
while,  until  certain  as  to  the  identity  of  each,  and  then  noiselessly  with- 
drew without  being  discovered.  Later  that  night  the  Alpha  Zeta  boys 
repaired  to  Chapel  Hall  and  replaced  oil  in  tiie  chandeliers.  Thursday 
evening,  when  the  exercises  commenced,  quite  a  number  of  unusually  jolly 
Sigma  Phians  sat  back  in  the  alcove,  eagerly  waiting  the  consummation  of 
their  coup,  but  they  began  to  evince  a  certain  uneasiness  as  "the  band 
played  on"  and  no  sensational  developments  occurred,  and  ere  long  their 
jollity  had  somehow  all  died  out.  The  truth  was  only  too  clear.  A 
courteous  note  from  Sigma  Phi  soon  afterward,  censuring  the  action  of  her 
members  who  were  engaged  in  this  disgraceful  affair,  adjusted  the  matter 
satisfactorily  to  the  majority  of  our  members. 

We  give  below  the  program  of  thr  Annual  Exhibition  of  May  30,  1889: 

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Invocation,  -.-.--      prof.  D.  G.  Ray 

Instrumental  Solo,  "Dying  Poet,"  [(iottsc/ialk)       -    Miss  Adelia  Randall 
Oration,  "Despotism  and  Democracy,"  -  -  W.  J.  Beaven 

Recitation,  "Shamus  O'Brian,"  -  -  Miss  Manning  Mayfield 

<  Thompson 
Instrumental  Trio,  "Give  Me  my  Own  Native  Isle,"  -  \  Reynolds 

f  Nolte 
Debate,  Qi^iestion;    '•A'cso/r'ed,    That    the   Complications   Arising  from    the 

Presence  of  the  Negro  in    the   United    States  are   Greater   than 

they  were  Thirty  Years  Ago  " 

Affirmative,  J    J.  Roach.         Negative,  J    T.  Brown 
Vocal  Solo,  "The  Merry  Zingarra,"  (Balfe)  -         Miss  Pearl  Hewitt 

Recitation,  "The  Blacksmith's  Story,"  -  -  Will  Nolte 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,  Vol.  IX.,  No.  30,  -  Miss  Nellie  Scott 

Vocal  Quartet,  "Over  the  Waters,"     -  -  -  Arion  Quartet 


The  next  fall  a  number  of  improvements  were  made  upon  our  Hall.  Mrs. 
Dora  Grant  presented  the  Society  witli  l^eautiful  rostrum  drapery,  and 
"Aunt  Mary"  Bulkley  donated  the  tine  portrait  of  Dr.  Bulkley  which  now 
adorns  the  wall.  The  Society  lamps  were  sold  and  several  large  brass 
lamps  purchased. 

Tlie  Alpha  Zeta  "President's  Reception"  was  held  at  the  home  of 
our  good  friend,  Miss  Anna  Clinton. 

On  December   13,  1889,   occurred  the  death  of  Prof.   Wash- 

Dcatb  of        ington   Leverett,   LL.  D.,   within  but  a  few  days  of  his  84th 

Dr.  Lcvcrdl.      birthday.       Dr.  Leverett's  entire  life,  from  young  manhood, 

was  devoted  to  the  service  and   upbuilding  of  Shurtleff,    his 

official  connection  with  the  institution  being  mucli  more  extended  than  that 

of  any  other  man.      So  modest,  lovable  and  philanthropic  was  he  that  even 

in  his  old  age  liis  companionship  was  delightful. 

On  April  4,  1890,  we  were  deligiited  to  hear  a  few  earnest  words 
of  cheer  and  advice  from  our  old-time  member,  Rev.  J.  M.  Titterington,  who 
joined  Alpha  Zeta  in  1866. 

Hon.  Smiley  N.  Chambers,  then  of  Vincennes,  hidiana,  delivered 
tlie  Annual  Address  before  the  Literary  Societies. 


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In   llu'  rally  OO's  \hv   "I A'liii-a -1  land  Sorii-ty,''   compnsrd  of 
l.cnil-t1-Ht1lul     tlK'  ladies  of  Upper  Alton  who  were  deeply  interested  in  Sliurt- 
SociclV-        leff's    welfare,   put    the    Dormitory  into  better  shape  than    it 
had    been    before,   overseeinjj   extensive    cleanin^:,    paintin*!, 
papering  and  plastering;.     And  not  lonji  afterward,  through  their  kind  and 
persistent  efforts,  steam  heat  and  electric  lights  were  introduced  throughout. 
About  this  time  there  were  a  numbL'r  of  interesting  little  tricks  per- 
r       petrated  by  the  students,   among  which  might  be  mentioned  the 
"Annex  Menagerie"    affair;    tilling  the    Cottage    yard  with    cats 
secured  from  \'arious  portions  of  the  town;   the  placariied  lamp- post,    the 
pear    episode    and    its    echo  at     the  dropping    of    the    Ciass-Uay     ban- 
ner.      The    various    little     happenings,      while     some     were    undoubtedly 
malicious  and  caused  bitter  feeling  and  interesting  Review   editorials  at  the 
time,  were  in  the  main  diwrting   and   calculated    to    make    oases   in    lifi-'s 
sun -parched  desert. 

Our  opening  program,  of  Sept.  19,  1890,  was  as  follows: 

lN\OCATION. 
MUSIC. 

Valedictory  Address,  ....  Pres.  J.  J.  Roach 

INSTALLATION    OK    NKW    I'KKSIDF.NT. 

Recitation,  "Kit  Carson's  Ride,  "         -  -  -  Sikyl  Swain 

Declamation,  "The  Blacksmith's  Story,"  -  -         F.  W.  Noltk 

MUSIC. 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,      ....     Bkktha  M.  Rush 

MUSIC. 

Declamation,  "Medley,"  -  -  -  -  A.  G.  Mizeli. 

Recitation,  "A  Kiss  Deferred,"         -  -  Anna  B.  Strait 

Oration,  "The  Educational  Demand  of  our  Nation,"  J.  H.  Coulter 

MUSIC. 
RECESS. 

Debate,   "A'csoli'cd,  That  it  is  the  Duty   of  Civilized    Nations   to   Colonize 
and  Govern  those  Countries  Inhabited   by  Barbarous  Races    " 

Affirmative,  W.  H.  Fuller.         Negative.  W.  J.  Beaven 

L)uring  these   last   few  years   Alpha    Zeta  has,   as  usual,  enjoyed 
n)lisic    excellent  music  at  her  ordinary  programs   and   Exhibitions.      The 
Su'CCl.   Orchestra,   "A.   Z.    Troubadours,"    and    the    "Angelic   Quartet'' 
flourished  in  the  days  of  Will  Nolte,  Marshall  Weir,  John  Coulter, 
Mizeli,  Chas.  Jones,  Geo.  Coghill,  Needles  and  Angelf;   while  many  of  the 
girls — Misses  Cook,  Mayfield,  Swain,  the  Conn's  and  others — were  excel- 
lent pianists  and  vocalists,    and  right  merrily  did  the   inspiring   okl  College 

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songs  ring  out.  The  "guitar  songs''  of  John  H.  Coulter,  ahas  "Pet,"  fur- 
nished a  deUghtful  feature  of  our  programs,  receptions,  etc.,  during  the 
early  '90s.  The  W.  M.  A.  banjo-club  occasionally  treated  us  to  jolly  airs. 
One  of  our  Alpha  Zeta  Quartets  of  this  period  gained  quite  a  reputation  in 
Central  and  Southern  Illinois,  where  they  "toured"  from  time  to  time,  as  a 
pleasant  diversion.     We  give  herewitli  one  of  their  programs,  which  was 

rendered  at  Virden,  ill: 

PART  I. 
Darkies'  Patrol,  .....  l.aiising 

Banjos  and  Guitars. 
Cornet  Solo,  "Sweetest  Flower  Waltz,"  .  .  Cox 

Chas.  Jones. 
"Peabody's  Masterpiece,"       ....  Peabody 

Adolph  Mizell. 
Paragon  March,  .....         Foden 

Mandolins  and  Guitars. 
Violin  Solo,  "II  Trovatore,  '  .  .  Singelee 

M.  W.  Weir,  Jr. 
Guitar  and  Song,  .....         Selected 

J.   H.   Coulter. 

"Evening  Schottische,"         ....  Albert 

Banjos  and  Guitars. 

PART  II. 

"College  Oil  Cans,"     .....         McGidre 
J.    H.   Coulter. 

Guitar  Duet,  ......     Selected 

Messrs.  Mizell  and  Coulter. 
Cornet  and  Violin,  "The  Lost  Chord,"         .  .         Emerson 

Messrs.  Jones  and  Weir. 
"Grimes  on  Perseverance,"         ....         Grimes 

Adolph  Mizell. 
"Merry  Travelers'  Quickstep,"  .  .  .  Albrecht 

Banjos  and  Guitars. 
Cornet  Duet,  "Water  Lily,"       ....        I'homas 

Messrs.  Jones  and  Mizell. 
Banjo  and  Song,       .....  Selected 

J.    H.   Coulter. 
"Medley  Waltz,"  .....  Weir 

Mandolins  and  Guitars. 
(Miss  Leila  Cook,  Accompanist.) 

In  tlie  fall  of  1890  Pierson  Gymnasium  sprang  into  existence,  the 
$1000  from  the  generous  hand  of  David  Pierson,  Esq.,  of  Carrollton,  111., 
having  been  the  successful  starter. 


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On  L)fL.  5,  the  use  <•!  tin-  f^all    was   i,'iaiitrd   tor   the   Freshman 

Pou'cr  of     banguet.     One  of   the  somewliat  pecuhar  cust<tms  of  this  lime 

Precedent,    was  for   the   Sophomores  to  present  tlie  Freshmt.'ii  with  some  Hve 

animal  on  the   occasion  of  the  Hresli   t.xhibitinii   in    Noveiiilx-r, 

and  for  several  years  tlie    Freslimen   were   greeted   with   really   fair- sized 

audiences,  every  one  bein^  ea^er  for  the  novel  sight  of  two  stalwart  Sophs 

carrying  in  before  the  audience  a  sheep,    pig  or  calf — perhaps   voicing  its 

opinion  of  the  custom  or  struggling  to  gain  its  freedom!      The   scheme   was 

conceived  for  the  purpose  of  perpetrating  a  brilliant  sell  on   the    Freshmen, 

but  the  latter,  supposing  that  something  was  expected   of   them,  banqueted 

the  Sophs  upon  the  first  occasion  of  this  sort,  and  the  precedent  thus  estab- 

lisiied  was  followed  for  a  number  of  years,    the  crafty  Sophomores   securing 

in  this  way,  at  slight  expense,  a  mucii  appreciated  free  lunch. 

Early   in  February,    1891,  occurred  the  sad    and  tragic  death 

Death  of     of  Prof.  Geo.  B.  Dodge,  Treasurer  of  the  College.     He  was  a 

Prof.        thoroughly  manly  man,  and  nobly  deserved  and  held  the  hearty 

Dodije.       respect  and  love  of  all  who  knew  him.     For  over  twenty  years 

he  was  officially  connected  with  the  Institution  as  Professor, 

Trustee  and  Treasurer.     When  death  snatched  him  from  us  the   mourning 

was  universal  and  genuine.     The  Society  sent  his  bereaved  family  a  letter 

of  condolence  and  also  a  large  floral  design  representing  "the  Gates  Ajar." 

On  Tuesday,  March  3,  a  social  and  reception  was  held  at  the  Society 

Hall  in  honor  of  our  old  members.  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Edgar  B.  Roach,  who  had 

just  returned  to  America  for  a  year's  recuperation  after  arduous  toil  on   the 

mission  field  in  Burma. 

Among  the  questions  discussed  by  our  debaters  we  notice  the  follow- 
ing: ''Resolved,  That  the  Italian  Government  lias  just  cause  to  demand 
reparation  in  the  late  affair  of  the  Mafia,''  and  ''Resolved.  That  the  prolon- 
gation of  the  recent  Senatorial  contest  in  Illinois  was  justifiable."  Bea\en 
extemporizes  on  one  occasion  upon  "Shurtleff  and  the  new  $50,000  Endow- 
ment." 

The   Annual    River  Excursion  of   Alpha  Zeta  was  a    feature 

/Innual         of  the  closing  days  of  College— as  it  is  to-day.     The  '"Spread 

River  Eagle"  or  some  other  boat  was  chartered,  and  merr\'  were  the 

txcursion.       rides  up  and   down  the   great   Mississippi.     These  excursions 

were  most  frequently  on  moonlight  nights,  though  occasionally 

all-day  affairs.     Sitting  out  on  the  deck  of  the  ri\er  palace  in  the  soft,  sweet 

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twilight  of  a  spring  day  that  is  ahnost  summer,  engaged  in  soul -inspiring 
conversation  with  one  of  Alpha  Zeta's  fairest,  while  melodious,  soothing 
strains  come  from  the  cabin  and  the  fresh,  cool  breeze  kisses  your  brow; 
watching  the  big  golden  moon  rise  slowly  above  the  horizon  'til  she  sheds 
afar  her  peaceful  light;  partaking  of  ambrosial  viands  at  the  heavenly  hour 
of  12  m.n.;  steaming  homeward  down  the  bosom  of  the  big  river,  while  all 
are  jollier  than  ever  and  the  banks  and  bluffs  echo  and  re-echo  the  glorious 
old  college  songs;  walking  up  to  "Pietown"  in  the  wee  small  hours  of  morning 
— all  this  and  more  makes  the  Annual  River  Excursion  an  occasion  of  keen 
and  wholesome  pleasure.  Could  tlie  Alpha  Zetan  be  found,  who,  having 
even  once  enjoyed  an  excursion  like  this,  does  not  feel  again  the  answering 
heart  thrill! 

The  following  program  was  rendered  at  the    Exhibition   of  May,    1891: 

INN'OCATION. 

Music  (rt),  "Boccaccio  March,"         ..... 
(l>),   Overture,  "The  Comrades,"  .  fiozvman 

Alpha  Zeta  Orchestra. 
Oration,  ....     "The  Statesman  in  History" 

John  Coulter. 
Recitation,  .  .  .  Selection  from    "Evangeline" 

SiBVL  Swain. 
Cornet  Solo,  Waltz,   "Sounds  from   the  Heart,"  rocfhc 

W.  H.  Fuller. 
Debate,  " Rcsol'i'cd,   That   Resort  to  Mob  Violence  for  the  Punish- 
ment of  Crime  is  Sometimes  Justifiable." 
Affirmative,  W.  J.  Beaven.  Negative,  W.  H.  Harriss. 

Declamation,  .  .  .  "The  Old  Actor's  Story" 

F.  M.  Frush. 
Vocal  Solo,   "Galop  Rondo,"      ....        Giimbert 

Miss  Sophie  Weir. 
Alpha  Zeta  Journal,  .  .  Vol.  XL,  No    31 

Miss  Nellie  Scott. 
Recitation,  ....  "Going  Somewhere" 

Miss  Leila  Cook. 

Guitar  and  Song,  .....  Select 

John  Coulter. 

The  Annual  Address  before  the  Societies  at  the  Commencement  of 
1891  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Wm.  Lawrence,  pastor  of  the  Second  Baptist 
church,  of  Chicago,  his  subject  being  "Charles  Kingsley." 


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REV.  JUSTUS  BUI-KLEV.  D.l).,  1,1. .1) 
Horn  /.cicfsUr,  X.    ).,  July 


Crtuiiiati-il  from  S/inrtliff'  Ci'/Zfi,-,-.  C/<iss  <'/'  VT  • 
h'tc-iW,/  ,/,g-rii-  of  A.M.  from  Shiitttcjf.  iSjo: 
Principal  Shtirtti-ff  Pn-f'ariitory  l\-f>iirtiiii-tit.  lS.f--.fQ 
Proffssor  of  Matlteiiiatics  at  SliurtUff.  /Sj_j-sj  : 
Professor  of  Chiirih  History  mui  Polity  at  SInirtliff, 

1S65  to  date: 
Acting-Prcsi,tfnt  of  ShurtU-fT.   iSjo-^j: 
Dcgref  of  D.l^. from  Cliitago  l')ii7'rrsity.  /S'yj. 
Degree  of  Li.,  n.  from  SliHrtleJf.  I  Soy. 


mjl^ 


^^^ 


*"nK((rnmlOliin)iin 
of  Shiirllcfr  CcllCi^c 


MRS.  JUSTUS  BULKLEY. 

(  ^'Auut  Mary" ) 
/torn  ill  Halifax  Co.,  la.,  .lu^'  ib,  /Sj/. 

A  PERFECT  WOMAN,    NOBLY  PLANNED 
TO  WARN,   TO  COMFORT  AND  COMMAND 


DR.    ANU    MRS.    JUSTUS    BULKl.hY 


WlitMi  tlu'  Alplia  Zctaiis  nturiuJ  in  llu'  tall  of  '<)!  tlit-y  Inuiui  tlu'  Hall 
beautifully  itMioNatcd,  and  a  Lordial  vote  of  thanks  was  tenLk-ied  Misses 
Mayfleld  and  Swain,  who  had  had  charge  of  tliis  work.  The  Alpha  Zeta 
President's  Reception  was  iield  this  fall  at  the  home  of  tlu-  Maslields — now 
the  residence  of  President  de  Blois. 

l])isturbances  in  the  hallways  during  the  usual  Frida\'  e\en- 
"Dc  Pou'Cr  uv  in^  meetings  of  the  Societies,  had  a^ain  become  \ery  fre- 
dc  l.ail'."  quent,  aiui  the  xarious  efforts'  made  to  remedy  the  evil  were 
at  length  successful.  Mr.  Hiram  Cornelius  was  particularly 
active  in  this  direction,  instituting  several  "lawsuits"  against  the  offenders 
and  at  length  bringing  the  matter  to  a  satisfactory  adjustment,  for  the  time 
being. 

On  Tuesday,  January  20,  1892,  Dr.  Chas.  C.  Hall,  of  the  Class  of 
'86,  one  of  Alpha  Zeta's  brightest  and  most  promising  members  of  recent 
years,  died  at  his  father's  home  near  Virden,  111.  Less  than  a  year 
previously  he  had  graduated  from  Rush  Medical,  taking  the  valedictory  in  a 
class  of  170.  He  had  been  converted  while  attending  Shurtleff,  and  was 
greatly  respected.  Miss  Rita  Webster  read  before  the  Society  a  memorial 
of  Dr.  Hall,  and  a  floral  tribute,  accompanying  our  resolutions  of  sympathy, 
was  sent  to  liis  parents. 

On   the  30th   of  January,  that  noble,   sweet-souled   man, 

Death  of        Orlando  L.  Castle,  LL.  D.,  died.     He  had  been  a  Professor 

Dr.  0.  L.  Cnstlc.   in    Shurtleff    College    for  almost  39  years;   a  man  of  rare 

scholarship,    admirable    literary  taste,  e.xceedingly  modest. 

thoughtful,  earnest  and  conscientious.      He  was  one  whose  mind  dwelt  on 

the  beautiful  and  the  good.       He  took  a  far  deeper  interest  in  the  youths  he 

taught    than  they    themselves  knew,   and  he  kept  trace  of  and    carefulK- 

watched  their  later  careers. 

The  spring  of  '92  marks  the  passing  of  the  old  sto\'e  and  the 
'TricilV.  placing  of  electric  lights  in  the  Hall  of  Alpha  Zeta.  The  \illage 
had  for  some  time  previously  enjoyed  the  metropolitan  splendor  of 
a  dozen  or  more  arc  lights  at  the  principal  corners,  and  when  incandescent 
lamps  began  to  be  used  in  the  houses  of  the  village  our  Society  proceeded  to 
purchase  several  new  electric  chandeliers  and  made  arrangements  with  the 
Illuminating  Company  for  a  number  of  these  lamps. 


I  Sucli  as  diiiiipin^  Imrkets  of  coal  on  the  crnwil   (loiii  the    foiii  th-stoiy  wiiulows. 

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In  March,  Miss  Anna  Strait,'  a  former  member  possessing  considerable 
ability  as  an  artist,  presented  the  Society  with  a  large  and  handsome 
oil  painting  of  Niagara  Falls.  it  is  very  realistic,  and  in  its  elegant  frame 
now  occupies  a  position  of  prominence  at  the  back  of  the  rostrum. 

The  program  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Exhibition  of  May  6,  1892,  was  as 
follows: 

INVOCATION. 

Piano  Solo,  ....      Prof.  W.    D    Armstrong 

Declamation,  ....  Ralph  W    Hobbs 

Recitation,  .....       Miss  Grace  Enos 

Oration,     .  .  .  .  .  .         W.  J.  Beaven 

Music,  .  SiiuRTLEFF  College  Quartet 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,       .  .  .  .       E.  C.   Angell 

Recitation,        .  .  .  ,  .      Miss  Tamar  Scott 

Vocal  Duet,  .  .  Misses  Alice  and  Josephine  Holt 

Oration,  ....  Miss  Mary  Merriam 

Declamation,  .  .  .  .CM.  CiiLsoN 

Cornet  and  Violin  Duet,  Chas.  Jones  and  M.  W.  Weir,  Jr. 


Late  in  January,  1893,  the  entire   vicinity   of  the  Altons,    and   in 

Ulnnn     facttlie  whole  State,  was  appalled  at  the  frightful  holocaust  which 

Horror,    occurred    at  Wan n,^   a    little    railroad  crossing  about  three   miles 

from  Upper  Alton.     One  Saturday  morning  a  train  on  the  C.   C. 

C.  &  St.  L.  railroad  was  derailed  at  this  point  and  the  cars  badly  smashed. 

Upon  learning  the  news,  a  number  of  Shurtleff  boys  went  down  to  look  at 

the  wreck.     A  very  large  crowd  had  assembled,  and  as  they  stood  viewing 

the  scene  of  destruction  the  fire  from  the  engine  was  communicated  to  the 

cars,  and  soon   all   was  ablaze.     A  lot  of  tank-cars  filled  with  oil  stood  near 

and  all  at  once  the  one  nearest  to  the  conflagration  exploded,  filling  the   air 

with  the  burning  fluid  which  as  it  fell  to  earth  wrought  terrible  havoc  among 

the  crowd.     Several   of  the  students   were    marred    for    life,    and    Hiram 

Cornelius    was    killed    outright,    his   body    being   charred    almost    beyond 

recognition.     The  students  drew  up  the  following  resolutions  at  this  time: 

1  Now  Mrs.   Fred  Rail. 

2  Now  East  Alton. 


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WnKREAs,  It  has  pleased  the  All-Wise  God  our  F"ather,  by  a  sad  and  mysterious  I'rovi- 
dence,  to  call  suddenly  from  our  midst  our  lamented  fellow-student  and  your  beloved  son 
and  brother,  Hiram  Cornelius  ;  and, 

Whkrkas,  We  know  the  unfeigned  faith  in  Christ  which  ruled  in  his  life  and  con(]uered 
in  his  death  ;   therefore  be  it 

A'fso/7-e-(/.  That  we,  the  students  of  Shurtleff  College,  extend  to  you,  the  bereaved 
parents  and  kin  of  the  deceased,  our  most  sincere  and  heartfelt  sympathy,  liut  while  we 
mingle  with  yours  our  sorrow,  we  yet  rejoice  with  you  because  we  "sorrow  not  as  those  who 
have  no  hope." 

By  order  of  students  in  session  January  ^i,  iJ^g.s 

W.M  H.  Fuller, 
Llicik  E.  Smith, 
A     R,   Palmkr,      ('intiniitlif. 

The  spring  of   1893  was   tlie   OLOiision  ot  a  littlt*   episodt-   in  whicli 

?rcc(?)    ice  cream,   Fieshies,   Soplis,  others,   squealers,   and   "the  deadly 

Ice        postoftlce    key''   tiyured    very   conspicuouslw      The   Freshimn,   it 

Cream,     seems,  held  a  banquet  one  niiiht  at  the  hospitable  home  ot    Prof. 

Kay.     ice   cream  was  booked   on  the   menu,    but  the   Sophomores 

desired  that  ice  cream,   "and  desired   it   niitzhty   badly."      Result:    a    foik-d 

attempt  to  secure  the  cream,  a  broken  imse  or  two,  and  several  black  eyes. 

On  May  5,   we  were  favored    with    a    liood  speech  by  our  old  friend 

Mclntvre,  (.f  the  Class  of  1S8S. 


These  earlier  9U's  were  the  xiuorous  days  of  Chapman,  Bea\en,  Coul- 
ter,  Gillham,   Frush,  the    Gilsons,   Fuller,   Mizell,   Harriss,  Tilton,  Hobbs, 
Helmkamp,     Duke,    Osborn    and    Marsh.       Prominent   anions    our    youn^ 
ladies  were  Misses  Wempen,  Miller,  Hnos,  Hutled^e,    ttherin^ton.  Coulter. 
Frost,  Hartford,  McCormick,  tl  e  Scott  ^i'l^.  flit  Carrs  and  the  Hardwicks. 
A  novel  feature  of  our  programs  was  an  occasional    "club  solo"  by 
**Club     Mr.   A.   A.   Wageley,  one  of  our  members,   who  was  Instructor  in 
Solos."   Gymnastics    at  Shurtleff.    He    was    e-xceedingly    clever    with  the 
Indian   clubs,   and  when  these    solos  were  given  the  lights  were 
turned  off  and  Mr.  WageU-y  appeared  with  a  pair  of  clubs  specially  prepared 
as  torches,  and  the  evolutions  made  a  very  pretty  sight. 

On  February  6,  1894,  Miss  Emma  Pace  left  <uir  midst  and  went  up 
to  meet  God.  Her  life  was  a  beautiful  one,  and  lu  r  presence  was  a  bless- 
ing in  the  Hall  of  Alpha  Zeta. 

A  mimeograph  was  purchased  about  this  time,  and  most  of  our  ordinarx' 
Society  programs  have  since  been   printed  on  this   machine,    the   "Printing 

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Committee"  being  one  of   our  to-date   institutions.      Previously,   we  used 
printed  programs  to  some  extent. 

In  February  of  this  year  the  cork  of  Society  teeling  popped  out, 
$nii)$h!  and  a  glorious  representative  from  eitlier  side  of  the  fence  of  Society 
distinction  engaged  in — did  we  say  mortal  (.'')  combat.  "Did  you 
see  me  get  the  better  of  him''  was  written  in  black  and  blue  all  over  the 
faces  of  our  two  heroes  next  morning.  This  little  scrap  was  perhaps  super- 
induced by  the  defamatory  posters  scattered  over  our  town  a  short  time 
previously  by  some  of  our  contemporaries.  These  posters  were  aimed 
directly  at  the  reputation  of  one  of  our  members,  and  were  decidedly  rank  in 
their  insulting  wording,  etc.  Society  spirit  boiled  at  the  time,  and  we  almost 
regret  that  some  of  the  red-hot  utterances  of  our  members  could  not 
have  been  handed  down  verbatim  to  posterity.  The  communications  and 
interviews  between  committees  followed  each  other  in  very  rapid  succes- 
sion for  awhile,  but  at  length  the  affair  "blew  over." 

Coxey's  army  and  Parkhurst's  slumming  methods  furnish  food  for   the 
debater  this  spring. 

The  Exhibition  occurred  on  April  27 ,  Mr.   A.  G.  Mizcll  presiding. 

p  R  O  (i  RAM. 

INVOCATION. 

Vocal   Solo,   "Say   Not   So,"  .  (.histaldon 

Miss  PImma  Finke 
Original  Poem,  "The  Night  Watchman's  Story" 

Ralph    W.    Hobbs. 
Recitation,  .  "New  Year's  Day  at  Willard's" 

\A\.\    COI'I.TER 

Oration,  .....  "Toucli" 

Wm.   H.    Fuller. 
Piano  Solo,  Rondo,  Op    i6,  ....  I'/iopiii 

Miss  ViETH. 
Declamation,  "The  College  Oil-Can" 

Frank   M.  Frush. 
Alpha  Zeta  Journal,  Vol.  XIV  ,  No.  2 

Howard  C.   Tilton 
Vocal  Solo,  "Angel's  Serenade,"  /->faj/-a 

Mrs.  J.   B.  True 
Recitation,  .  .  "The  Story   of  Some  Bells" 

Rose  Miller. 
Declamation,  .  .  "A  Superior  Argument" 

Geo.  H.  Helmkamp. 
Piano  Solo,  Minuet,  .  /\tdfr(-cL'ski 

Miss  ViETH. 

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On  TiksJax'.  Juiu- S,  LJi.  C.  A.  Hoblis,  ol  1  J(.l;i\an,  Wis.,  lectiirtal 
bftorf  tlif  Literary  Socifties. 

riu'   tali  (il    1X04   mariss  tlii'    bf^inniiiii  ot  {\\v    Prt-sick-ikv    ul 

Dr.  dc  Blois    Ur.  de  Blois,   uiult-r   wliosi-   able  .miidance  Sliurtleff  has   been 

Becomes       steadily  advaiuiii^  to  tlie  Iroiit.     Of  magnificent  enthusiasm, 

President  of     noble,  teiukr  heart,    and   magnetic   attractiveness,   our  youn^ 

Shurllcl'f.        President  has  ahtad\'  won  a  splendid  reputation  in  the  West, 

and  Shurtleft  reali/t.-s  that   she    has   been    wry  hiyiil\'  faxori-il 

in  securing  such  a  man  to  tiuide  iier  pi-ogrt-ss. 

Dr.  A.  W.  Claxon,  one  of  our  old  members,  fa\dri\l  us  with  a  spt-ech 
on  the  evening  of  Sept.  2S.  .  .  .  An  instrumental  solo  by  a  music-bo.\ 
is  a  novelty  introduced  at  one  nieetinii. 

On  Thanksgiving  Day,  1894.  a  little  Reunion  of  our  Chicago  members 
was  held  in  that  city.  Miss  hlla  H.  Morse  ga\e  a  reception  in  honor  of 
Miss  Sara  N.  W_\'cl<off,  of  Bloomin.i^iton,  and  quite  a  number  of  i»ther  Alpha 
Zetans  were  also  in\iteLl.  It  was  unanimously  \(ited  a  success  and  a 
\'ery  enjoyable  occasion. 

On  Januar\-  18,  1895,  llie  Societ\'  is  faxori-d  with  a  speech  b\-  Dr. 
de  Blois,  whose-  kindl\-  interest  and  helpful  council  has  briii  much  appre- 
ciated. 

Our  honored  and  belo\ed  Dr.  Fairman  passed  awa\'  on  the  14th  da\' 
of  February,  1895.  He  was  a  man  of  exalted  scholarship.  His  life  was  a 
magnificent  monument  of  unselfish  devotion  to  God's  will,  and  the  strength 
and  purity  of  his  character  lives  to-day  in  hundreds  of  li\es. 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  April  5,  we  enjo\'ed  a  speech  from  A.  Ci. 
Mizell,  Class  of  '94,  "one  of  the  finest."  Man\  \ery  interesting  memories 
cluster  about  this  man's  personality,  and  we  look  lovingly  back  to  the  days 
when  he  and  Harriss  roomed  together  on  the  third  floor,  and  kindred 
spirits  were  wont  to  gather  there  and  hold  coiuerse  c-dif\'ing. 

The  beginning  and  the  close  of  the  college- year  are  the  times  when 
we  are  most  frequently  favored  with  visits  from  our  old  members,  and 
in  the  fall  of  '95  we  are  gratified  to  hear  from  Maj.  H.  L.  Field,  who  joined 
us  in  1851.  Dr.  A.  M.  Harrison,  Class  of  '91,  and  W.  J.  Beaven,  Class  of 
'94,  are  representatives  of  recent  years  wiio  give  us  good  talks. 

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This  fall  our  present  piano  was  purchased,  through  the  vigorous  efforts 
of  H.  C.  Tilton  and  others. 

On  Oct.  11  we  were  treated  to  speeches  from  Dr.  R.  Gibson,  of  tliis 
town,  and  Solomon  Draper,  Hsq..  of  Niobrara,  Nebraska — both  of  whom  were 
Alpha  Zetans  in  the  busy  time  following  the  Civil  War.  Dr.  E.  A.  Stone, 
of  the  same  period,  gave  us  a  speech  in  February,  1896. 

Si)mething  rather  unique  is  the  "extemporaneous  program"  of 
Extern.  this  latest  peri(»d  of  our  history.  The  entire  program  is  gotten  up 
Program,  on  the  spur  of  the  moment,  and  the  novelty  of  the  thing  makes 
it  rare  sport.  The  extempore  program  of  March  13,  1896, 
included  a  debate,  two  recitations,  two  declamations,  speech,  original 
story  and  JOURNAL,  to  say  nothing  of  three  instrumental  solos  and  one  vocal 
solo.  The  musicians,  reciters  and  declaimers  of  course  drew  upon  their 
repertoires  for  their  parts,  but  the  rest  was  "special  for  the  occasion,"  and 
a  rich  treat  we  had!  The  extem.  program  fad  is  still  a  feature  of  our 
Society  life. 

The  library  was  carefully  looked  over  at  this  time  by  a  special  commit- 
tee, and  a  quantity  of  books  sold  which  seemed  to  be  jf  no  value  to 
the  Society.  The  books  in  the  library  were  then  carefully  rearranged  by 
another  committee. 

We  were  sorry  to  bid  farewell  in  April  to  our  faithful,  earnest,  warm- 
hearted Geo.  Helmkamp.  His  healtii  had  failed  somewhat,  and  he  was  off 
for  California  to  recuperate.  It  is  a  real  pleasure  to  know  that  he  was  suc- 
cessful in  regaining  health. 

At  our  meeting  of  May  8,  Dr.  de  Blois  rendered  for  our  benefit  a  poem 
which  he  composed  while  a  student  in  College.      It  was  highly  enjoyed. 

The  Exhibition  of  May  22,  1896,  was  in  accordance  with  the  following 
program: 

INVOCATION. 

Oration,  .  "The  Young  Man  of  To-Morrow" 

T.  Harley  Marsh. 

T     ^  .   1  c   1        M«)  Valse  Rhapsodie,  .  Xevin 

Instrumental  Solo,    -   ,,,  t^-^    j     j     o.   i  />       • 

(  (0)  Etude  de  Style,       .  .  Ravina 

Miss  Constance  Mills. 

Alpha  Zeta  Journal,  .         Vol.   XVI.,  No.  28 

Miss  Edith  Mills. 
Violin  Solo,  "Cradle  Song,"         ....  Simon 

James  B.  True,  Jr. 

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T-,      J-         \  Ut)  "Farmer  blel)bins  at  Football, 
Reading,  -.,,,,,-      .      ,      ,,.  •,  .      .. 

^    t  in)     Kentucky  Philosophy, 

Miss  Mmda  McCormuk 

Oration,  .  .       "The  Scholar  in  Politics 

J      ()     GlTHRIK. 

Vocal  Solo,  ....      Selected 

Mrs.  Jamks  H.  Trie 

Reading,  "riie  Chariot  Race" 

AiDRKV  A,  Toni). 

Immediately  after  the  pioj^rani  an  inlnrmal  reception  was  liclJ  in  tlu- 
Society  Hall,  stirring  speeches  being  made  by  Harriss,  Fiusii,  Tilton  and 
Professors  Chipman  and  Smith. 


Just  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  college-year  1896-97  the  Hall  was 
very  nicely  fixed  up  b\-  a  faithful  committee.  New  window-shades,  an 
elegant  president's  stand  and  chair,  and  a  very  handsome  picture — a  large 
marine  view  donated  by  Mrs.  H.  E.  Mills — were  among  the  improvements 
and  decorations  this  fall.  The  ladies  of  the  village  were  tendered  a  \'ote  of 
thanks  by  the  Society  for  their  kind  assistance  and  liberal  donations. 

The  Alpha  Zeta    President's   Reception    was  held   at   the 
H.  '/..  Prcsidcnl's     home  of   Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  E.  Mills,  whom  we  have  e\er 

Reception  counted  among  our  most  faithful   friends  and  helpers.     It 

at  Ibe  would  be  very  difticultto  express  the  gratitude  and  fraternal 

n)ilU  Heme.        love  which  Alpha  Zeta,  past  and  present,  feels  toward  this 

family.     Always  ready  to  do  us  a   faxor,    alwa\\s   true   as 

steel,  the  loss  from   our   midst  of  Mr.    and    Mrs.    Mills   and  their   beautiful 

daughters  left  an  aching  void.     This   reception   was  the   last    occasion   on 

which  our   Society  had  the   delight  of    a  \isit  to  the  Mills  home,    for  soon 

afterward  the  family  moved  to  Southern  California  on  account  ot  .\\r.  Mills' 

health,  which  is  now  quite  robust  again. 

The  Constitution  and  By-Laws  underwent  their  last  rexisioii  at  this 
time,  and  a  while  later  500  copies  were  printeil  in  pocket  form,  as  revised. 
This  revision,  however,  involved  but  few  radical  changes. 

The  regular  program  for  Friday,  (October  2,  was  deferred  until  the 
next  evening  on  account  of  the  absence  of  a  number  ot  tlu'  participants  at 
the  Intercollegiate  Oratorical  and  Athletic  Meet  in  Bloomington.  .  .  On  Nov. 
6,  an  interesting  general  debate  was  conducted;  subject,  "Ri'solvtui,  That 
the  Election   of  McKinley  was  a  Triumph  of   Plutocracy  over  l)t  inocracy." 


On  April  30,  Alpha  Zeta  was  pleased  and  edified  by  a  splendid  speech 
from  our  old  friend,  Walter  H.  Harriss,  of  the  Class  of  '96. 

The  artistic  designs  of  Mr.  T.  H.  Marsh  have  for  several  years 
been  seen  on  our  programs,  and  a  great  deal  of  credit  is  certainly  due  him, 
— and  also  Chairman  Wyllie,  of  the  Printing  Committee  to-day, — for  their 
careful,  neat  work,  and  tasteful,  catchy  designs  upon  the  Society  programs. 

One  of  the  waves  of  the  whirling  eddy  of  the  glorious  Seventieth  Com- 
mencement was  our  Alpha  Zeta  Banquet,  at  which  quite  a  number  of 
our  old  hustlers  of  years  gone  by  expressed  in  apt  and  witty  strain  their 
allegiance  to  the  Grand  Old  Literary  Society  of  the  West,  and  their  delight 
in  being  able  to  meet  with  her  present  members  on  such  an  auspicious 
occasion. 


At  the  beginning  of  this  last  college-year  our  Hall  was  re-fitted 

Hali        in  fine  style,  a  magnificent  new  Brussels  carpet,  new  chairs  with 

Clccjontlv    the  A.  Z.  monogram  beautifully  wrought  in  the  backs,  new  cur- 

?il(cd  up.    tains    and    stage    drapery  all    contributing   toward  making    our 

weekly    meeting-place    more  handsome  and  elegant  than  ever 

before.     This  task  was   a  very  great   one,    and    we    are    indebted    almost 

entirely  to  "Aunt  Mary"  Bulkley  for  its  successful  consummation.     We  can 

never  repay  the  debt  of  gratitude  we  owe  Dr.    Bulkley  and  Aunt    Mary. 

Tlieir  lives  have  greatly  blessed  ours,   and  their  memories  will  be    sweet 

in  Alpha  Zeta  long  after  they  have  passed  to  their  reward. 

In  February  fine  photograph  portraits  of  Dr.  de  Blois,  Dr.  Ken- 

Bcautihil      drick    and   Prof.  W.   D.    Armstrong   were    unveiled   by    Misses 

Portraits      Florence  Wells    and    Alyce    Swisher,    dressed    in    pure    white. 

Unveiled.      Appropriate  speeches   were  then   made  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Marsh  and 

others,  Dr.  Bulkley  at  length  responding  in  a  happy  vein  to  the 

hearty  calls  of  our  members.     Not  long  afterward,  a  beautiful  portrait  of  our 

dear  "Aunt  Mary"  was  formally  presented  to  the  Society,  in  a  splendid  speech 

by  Mr.  T.  H.  Marsh.       Our  Hall  is  more  than  beautified — it  is  glorified — by 

the  speaking  likenesses  of  so  many  of  the  noble  and  true.     Their    faces 

look  upon  us  in  benediction,  and  furnish  us  true  inspiration  to  seek  only  the 

best  and  the    highest.     As    we    gather  here   from    time    to    time    we    are 

not  unmindful  of  God's  goodness  in  giving  us  so  many  blessings. 

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Tlif  increased  interest  in  ati)letics  whicli  Sluirliett  has  developed 
during  these  last  tew  years  is  t(i(»  well  Untiwn  to  require  more  tlian  passing 
mention  in  tiiis  sketch.  Our  maiiniticent  tootbaU  team  is  seldom  defeated, 
while  in  track  and  field  work  tlu-  Shurtleff  men  are  pushing  steadil\'  to 
the  front  in  the  State  hitercollegiate  Athletic  records.  The  enthusiasm 
in  this  important  department  of  collejie  work  is  rapidly  grow'injz,  and  the 
value  of  a  well-rounded  manhood — trained  body,  mind  and  spirit— is  now 
universally  recognized,  and  such  training  sought. 

On  November  5,  we  were  favored  with  speeches  by  several  old  mem- 
bers— Miss  Nellie   Scott,  of  the   Class  of   '94,  Mr.  Joe  Darrow,  Miss  Annie 

Goodwin  and  Marshall  W.  Weir,  Jr A  "sweet  potato"  (ocarina) 

quartet — Messrs.  Wyllie,  Wood,  James  and  Henry — was  a  very  pleasing 
novelty  at  the  regular  meeting  of  November  12.     Two  encores. 

In  the  latter  part  of  January,  Mr.  Wiseman,  the  Alton  photographer, 
came  up  and  took  the  annual  photograph  of  the  Society,  an  excellent  picture 
of  the  group  being  secured.  A  "post-graduates'  program"  was  held  on 
March  11.  An  entertainment  occurred  April  11,  in  which  a  farce  and  hoop 
drill  figured.     Following  is  the  program: 

Waliz.  Caprice,  A'.  'If  h'oriii 

W      1)       AkMSI  K()N(.. 

■The   Bird  that  (",ime  in  Spring,  "  Julius  licindht 

Miss  Kdna  Dokki  rv. 

"The  Revel  of  the   X;ii;ids,  "  ..... 

.Misses  Ethkl  Huitt.  Ai.yce   Swishek,  Edna  Conn.  Leu.a 

Clark,     Marie    Wood,     Minnie     Wells,     Florence 

Wells,  Sallik  Hakduk  k,  Mary  Dknmson. 

"Spring  Tide,"  lUchcr 

Mrs.  M.  VON   Hinzer. 

,,.   ,.     ^,,,.      .         \  (a\   Berceuse,  .  /'.     Ihiiti 

v  lolin  ObligHti),     ■.    , ,   c  A  /'./.,. 

*'  /  (/»)   Serenade,       ....     hoiDi 

Capt.  L.  WvMAN. 
FARCE     A   BOX   OF   M()NKI".VS 

CAST 
Mis.  OndeRo  Jones,  Miss  Fl. oka  Tiltun 

Miss  Sierra  Beiigaliiie.  Iiei  niece,  Mi^s  Lily  Coultkh 

Lady  Guineverre  Llandpooie.  Miss   Maida  MiCukmk  k 

ICdward  Ralston,  »     (Inleresled  in  a      (        Lkonakd  Tkksi 

Clianncy  Osielliorpe,       i  Gold  Mine)        t'      Bahnkt  r  Wvm.ik 

Between  the  .\cts  the  following  will   be  given 
"Tannhauser,"  .  .  I  utif^r 

Miss  Bkssik  Dokkm  V 

"Two  Grenadiers,"  A'    Si  It  it  nut  nil 

Major    \()N    BiNZKK 

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And  this  is  the  spring  of  '98.  The  campus  is  carpeted  afresh 
To  DdU.    with  an  emerald  matting.     Tlie  trees  are  draped  witli  siiimmer- 

ing  robes  of  rich  and  glossy  green.  Flowers  bloom  in  the  parterre 
and  birds  sing  everywhere.  Tennis  balls  speed  across  the  nets.  Youths 
and  maidens  stroll  up  and  down  the  shaded  paths,  or  enjoy  a  tete-a- 
tete  upon  the  Cottage  steps  or  the  iron  benches  scattered  over  the  campus. 
No  spot  is  safe  from  the  unerring  aim  of  the  kodak  fiend.  From  aflag-staff 
in  front  of  the  Gym  floats  Old  Glory,  and  from  several  Dormitory  win- 
dows hangs  the  Cuban  banner.  Patriotism  is  high  at  Shurtleff,  and  Alpha 
Zeta  does  not  lack  the  enthusiasm  of  former  years. 

As  the  Grand  Old  Society  moves  majestically  on  toward  the  century 
mark,  she  cannot  but  continue  to  grow  and  prosper,  for  she  is  founded  upon 
TRUTH.  Our  hope  and  prayer  is  that  her  sons  and  daughters  may  ever 
prove  faithful  to  their  trust,  keeping  unsullied  her  fair  fame  and  matchless 
motto— "NOT  TO  SEEM,    BUT  TO   BE." 


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5V   Witil^l^n^   poent. 


(  riie  follmiihig  poem,  in  the  iiietn-  of  "  Hiauiat/ia,"  ivas  7-i-ad  by  the  autlior.  /..  //'.  Hohhs, 
at  the  celebration  of  Shurtleff's  tiwnty-first  birthday.  The  celebration  71'as  comiiicted  by  the 
Junior   and  Senior    Classes.) 

(TOAST): 

I'OETRY. 

"■'J'he  I'oicc  of  the  bcanliftil :  the  music  tlial  sicells  from  the  .l-'.olicin  Harp 
of  Nature,  zvhen  sifept  by  the  'Breath  of  Pass/on/  May  Aynerica  be  as  rich  iu 
poets  as  her  California  is  in  gold,  and  may  their  fame  be  propot'tionate  to  her 
sky-reaching    moiintnins,     mighty    lakes,    imperial   plains,    and   iitiriTaled    riTers.^^ 


(RESPONSE) 


Hail!    Seniors,  Juniors,  one  and  all! 

Forget  we  here  hard  study's  thrall, 

And  thank  our  stars  that  there  is  knowledge 

Of  something  more  than  books  in  college. 

Though  intellect  must  live  on  learning. 

And  fuel  keep  the  thought-fires  burning, 

Yet  it  is  good  to  stop  awhile, 

With  other  things  the  way  beguile, 

Than  old  Greek  verbs  and  Latin  nouns. 

And  mathematics'  abstract  rounds. 

And  intellect  on  this  good  eve 

His  stony  dignity  must  leave. 

And  throw  aside  his  monkish  stole 

To  lead  us  in  the  "flow  of  soul," 

hispired  by  all  that  fills  the  board 

Of  plenty's  tempting,  luscious  hoard; 

And  while  we're  feasting  'Vow  atnore" 

1  fain  would  tell  a  dreamy  story. 

Which,  if  you  will,  I'll  now  relate 

About  the  dav  we  celebrate. 


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While  the  li^lit  in  unki  aiul  purple 
Drifted  from  the  fields  ot   sunset, 
While  the  shadows  dim  and  heavy 
Stole  from  rejjions  in  the  east- land, 
While  the  dying  rays  of  twilight 
Fading  in  the  waves  of  darkness, 
Half  disclosed  the  dome  of  Shurtleff, 
Looming  in  the  darkness  skyward, 
Then  methought  a  weird-like  spirit 
From  the  dark  and  dreamy  past -land. 
Came  upon  the  breeze  of  evening 
As  it  s\va\ed  the  sighing  oak  trees, 
Swept  around  the  massive  towers 
Like  the  swelling  waves  of  OLean. 
And  beneath  its  spell  of  magic 
Shurtleff,  looming  in  the  darkness. 
Took  a  form  more  grand  and  noble. 
Than  the  common  brick  and  mortar. 

Then  came  trooping  from  the  past- land 
Spirits  of  the  years  departed, 
Weird -like  spirits,  one  and  twenty, 
Who  had  seen  Young  Shurtleff's  entrance 
In  the  land  of  art  and  science, 
111  the  tields  of  classic  learning; 
Who  had  watched  the  crying  infant 
hi  its  swaddling  clothes  and  blankets, 
Watched  its  pale  and  sickly  childhood, 
Watched  its  youth  of  pain  and  sorrow 
Which  is  always  Genius'  birthright; 
Seen  at  last  its  youth  completed — 
Its  minority  accomplished. 

At  the  Master  Goblin's  bidding 
They  had  come  to  make  rejoicing 
That  in  life  it  still  e.xisted; 
That  old  Time  with  feet  (f  iron 
Had  not  trampled  it  to  ashes. 

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Then  upon  the  tops  of  chimneys 
Which  around  the  roof  are  rising, 
Perched  the  spirits  one  and  twenty, 
Lil<e  the  smoke  tliat  curletli  upward — 
Lil<e  the  soft  and  curHng  white  smoke. 
Tliere  they  told  each  one  his  story 
Of  the  history  of  Shurtleff. 
One  told  how  he'd  seen  the  prairies 
All  unbroken  by  the  plowshare. 
When  the  wild  deer  roamed  in  freedom, 
Untracked  by  the  hounds  and  hunters. 
But  when  rose  the  log- built  cabins 
And  appeared  the  spreading  cornfields, 
Thoughts  of  ages  coming  after 
Roused  some  noble  hearts  to  action. 
And  the  germ  of  education. 
Taking  root  in  soil  so  fertile, 
Sprang  up,  making  Shurtleff  College. 

Others  told  their  tale  of  progress; 
How  it  grew  in  want  and  sickness. 
Often  by  its  friends  neglected, 
And  by  others  treated  badly — 
Just  as  every  child  whose  parents 
Leave  it  to  the  tender  mercies 
Of  the  charitable  public. 
But  in  spite  of  pain  and  trouble 
it  had  lived  and  grown  in  stature. 
Lab'ring  earnestly  and  truly 
In  the  cause  of  education. 

Then  when  all  had  told  their  story, 
From  the  Heaven  clear  and  starlit, 
Floating  on  his  wings  of  lightning. 
Came  an  angel  shining  star-like, 
And  upon  the  vane  alighted, 
Shining  like  a  mighty  lantern 

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Ill  llic  Jarkness  ^rowiiiu  lliiiki  r. 
On  tiK-  rod  where  runs  the  h^ihtniny 
From  the  lIoulI  (»t  stonn  o'erburstiny, 
On  its  suniniit  biiiilil  .iiid  !iiil<r(.l 
Placed  lie  with  his  hands  of  hritzhtness, 
Placed  a  crown  of  liylit  and  ^l<ir\-, 
Coronal  ot  amaranthine ; 
Crown  which  on  the  head  ol  martyrs 
In  the  days  of  Hid  was  planted, 
Now  is  placed  on  thost.'  who  labor, 
Martyr-Hke  and  self-denyin;i, 
For  the  common  jiood  of  mankind. 

Then  methoutiht  I  heard  him  saying, 
l.ike  tile  music  ol  the  wind-harp: 
"Shurtleff!  all  thy  days  of  trial, 
Days  of  provinj^,  are  accomplished. 
All  thy  sons  in  Fast  and  West-land, — 
Where  the  wild  Atlantic  bellows, 
Foaminji  on  the  shore  of  Afric, 
Frettintj  round  its  rock -bound  islands,— 
On  the  cliffs  which  stand  like  sentries, 
On  the  b<»undaries  of  Columbia, 
On  its  ^reen  and  sunlit  valleys, 
On  the  shores  of  rushing  rivers, 
Where  the  sunset's  gateway  uolden 
Opens  to  the  calm  Pacific, — 
'Shall  rise  up  aiui  call  thee  blessed.' 

All  tli\-  children  in  the  Northland, 
Where  the  mitihty  lakes  are  heaving, 
Where  the  spirit  of  the  snow-storm 
Spits  upon  the  ground  his  snow-flakes, 
Where  the  Northern  ocean  thunders 
Round  the  dark  and  frozen  Arctic, — 
'Shall  rise  up  aiul  call  thee  blessed.' 


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All  tliy  children  in  the  Southland, 
Where  the  tropics  grow  in  redness, 
Where  tlie  rich  banana  ripens, 
Where  the  merry  laughincr  springtime, 
Sister  of  the  birds  and  flowers. 
Dwells  within  the  groves  of  citron, — 
'Shall  rise  up  and  call  thee  blessed.' 

Though  thy  graduates  are  numbered 
Faint  and  few,  like  'angels'  visits,' 
Though  upon  your  last  Commencement 
You  had  'Unum  sed  Leonem," 
And  the  promise  now  is  scanty, 
Yet  the  bread  cast  on  the  waters 
Shall  be  found  in  days  liereafter. 

Henceforth  thou  shalt  have  Alumni 
Numbered  like  the  frogs  of  Egypt;  — 
As  the  dragon  teeth  which  Cadmus 
Planted  in  the  broken  furrow 
Sprang  up  into  well -trained  warriors. 
Those  for  which  thou'rt  now  in  labor 
Shall  come  forth  like  mail-clad  soldiers, 
Ready -armed,  prepared  for  battle. 
Valiant  for  the  good  and  truth's  sake;  — 
Men  whose  names  by  Fame's  great  trumpet 
Shall  be  told  to  unknown  ages! 
Men  who  in  the  work  of  progress. 
Work  divine,  of  human  progress. 
Shall  perform  deeds  great  and  wondrous;  — 
Men  whose  deeds  shall  cluster  round  thee 
Like  the  his  in  tlie  heaven. 

Though  the  one  who  now  with  honor 
Fills  the  post  of  highest  office. 
Soon  shall  leave  that  honored  station. 
Yet  the  one  who  shall  succeed  him 


I  This  refers  to  Dr.  John   B.  Jackson,  of  the  class  cf  '55. 

160 


Sliall  i\wi\(.'  Ills  tailing  niantlf, 
Who  will  train  thy  wayward  (.hildrfii 
In  the  ^reat  and  jriorious  life -art. 

Round  the  Chair  of  Mathematics, 

Filled  by  'Wash..'  the  friend  of  students,' 

There  sliall  pla\-  the  li^ht  of  Science; 

And  the  lanjiuajie,  too,  of  Euclid — 

Lan^ua^e  made  of  sines  and  angles — 

In  a  still  increasing  ratio, 

Shall  be  taught  to  all  thy  children. 

In  the  Chair  of  Greek  and   Latin, ^ 
Filled  by  him  from  land  of  Yankees, 
Shall  be  found  in  form  embodied, 
All  the  learning  of  the  classics 
Which  around  the  blue  /Egean 
Rolled  in  tides  of  wondrous  music; 
Which  around  the  mouths  of  Tiber 
Maro  sang  and  Tully  thundtM'ed. 

in  the  Chair  that  gives  the  polish 

To  the  not  yet  shining  diamond. 

In  the  art  of  Elocution, 

Has  been  found  a  skillful  workman"* 

With  an  eye  sharp  as  an  eagle's 

To  detect  an  imperfection. 

Yet  there  shall  to  his  acumen 

Still  be  added  sharper  power; 

And  his  hand  with  nicest  cunning 

Soon  shall  fashion  plastic  students 

Into  orators  immortal ; 

Teach  the  hand  that  wields  the  stylus. 

How  to  write  in  prose  and  metre 

Words  of  deep  and  fervent  soul-breath, 

1  Prof.  WasliiiiRton  I.everelt. 

2  Prof.  Oscar  Howes. 

3  Prof.  Caslle. 


J61 


Which  shall  live  and  grow  in  freshness 
When  the  rust  of  passing  ages 
Gathers  on  the  countless  cycles 
Of  the  dim  and  nameless  yonder, 
Of  the  weird  and  ghost-like  endless. 

Last,  not  least,  upon  the  tutor, 
Most  laborious,  least  rewarded, 
Him  who  takes  the  raw  material. 
Fashions  it  with  patient  labor, — 
Takes  the  green  boys  of  the  country, 
And  the  wild  ones  of  the  city, 
Works  them  into  College  students. 
There  shall  beam  a  day  more  hopeful, 
When  a  juster  estimation 
Shall  be  placed  upon  his  labor." 

Dixciat :  and  slow  uprising 
From  the  forked  rod  of  lightning. 
Bade  farewell  to  all  beneath  him  ; 
Sailed  on  upward  like  a  rocket, 
'Til  he  seemed  a  bright  star  moving, 
Lik-e  a  blazing  comet  flying 
In  the  blue  and  far-off  ether, — 
Smaller  seeming  still,  and  smaller, 
As  he  coursed  among  the  fixed  stars, 
'Til  at  last  in  space  1  lost  him. 

Then  old  Shurtleff,  gazing  upward. 
Gently  murmured,  "Farewell,  angel!" 
Then  the  spirits  on  the  chimneys. 
Shaking  all  their  shivering  plumage, 
Cried  out,  "Farewell,  happy  angel!" 
Then  the  oak-trees  in  the  campus 
Swayed  their  arms  all  bare  and  naked 
In  the  cold  and  chilling  night  wind, 
Softly  sighing,    "Farewell,  angel!" 

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Tlu'n  till'  spirit  nt  tlu-  ni^lit-wiiKi 
Swt'pt  b\'  witli  his  stt'i'Js  ot  darlsiit'ss, 
Witli  a  \'oice  so  ket'ti  and  pieiciny; 
That  it  ran^  thro'  all  tlie  \v(«)d- hinds, 
Died  away  upon  tlu'  moor- lands 
Far  across  the  State  of  prairies; 
Shrieked  out,  "Farewell,  happy  angel!" 
Then  all  iiitn  darkness  \'anished. 

Z.   W.   HC^BBS. 


:^' 


163 


Cist  of  Ij^tc^iifi^nt^ 


OF    THE 


IVlpl^a  Setn  Sociij;ttT  crC  SiTurtUCt  ®Mii^^it. 


*Deceased. 
The    names    are    in    order  of    election,    duplicates  omitted.       The  year    after  each 
name  denotes  year  of  joining,   and  refers  to  General   Roster. 


1843-44    (Lyceum.) 
^Robert  S.  Greene,  '43. 

''^William  Cunnin.Liliam.  '43. 

1844-45    (Lyceum.) 
Charles  N.  West,    '43. 

Justus  Bulkley,   '43. 

*Joshua  S.   Peers,   '44. 

^Taul  Wright,   '44. 

*Benjamin  Taylor,  '43. 

Benjamin  S.   Freeman,    '44. 

1845-46    (Lyceum.) 
^William  G.  Taylor,  '43. 

Samuel  M.   Brown,   '45. 

*Samuel  S.  Gilbert,   '43. 

*John  Shannon,  '45. 

^^William  A.  Simmerwell,  '44. 

1846-47    (Philomathean.) 
*Henry  S.  Spaulding,   '45. 

*John  Trible,   '44. 

*Sylvester  C.  Wood,  '45. 

Jesse  G.  W.   Palmer,  '45. 

164 


1847-48    (Philomathean.) 

Da\id  r..    Brooks,    '47. 

'•■(Jrlaiuio  J.   SliiTiiKiii,    '47. 

1848-49. 
Spencer  G.   Russell,   '47. 

'^Georpe  1.   Newell,   '47. 

Orson  L.   Barler,   '47. 

^William   1..    H.id^i-rs.   '47. 

1849-50. 

John   B.  Jackson,    '49. 

*Jolin  H.   Moore,   '49. 

^'-Matthew  Griffin,   '49. 

^■Uolin  W.   Kneeland,    '49. 

'•'Benjamin   Mason,   '49. 

'i=James   K.    Kay,    '49. 

1850-51. 
Horace  J.   Loomis,   '49. 

James  W.   Leverett,   '50. 

*George  1.   Foster,  '49. 

Calvin  A.   Pease,    '50. 

'■^Geor^ie  A.   Pease,  '50. 

1851-52. 
George  W.   S.   Bell,   '50. 

Charles  M.   Kay,   '47. 

Leonard  Adams.   '51. 

Ebenezer  Marsh,  Jr.,    '51. 

Henry   L.   Field,    '51. 

1852-53. 
*John  G.   Potts,   '50. 

William  M.   Potts,    '51. 

Samufl   Bishop,    '50. 

1853-54. 

Nathaniel   Wilson,   '52. 

Joseph  C.   Maple,    '52. 

165 


1854-55. 

*Zaccheus  W.   Hobbs,   '53. 

*Henry  W.   Bowers,   '53. 

^William  Randolph,  Jr.,  '52. 

*Truman  S.   Lowe,   '52. 

*James  H.  McGuire,  '54. 

1855-56. 

*George  B,  Dodge,   '52. 

*George  P.  Guild,   '53. 

*Ebenezer  Rodgers,  Jr.,   '53. 

1856-57. 
*John   P.   Lawton,   '53. 

Thomas  M.   Long,   '53. 

Peter  H.  Steenstra,  '56. 

1857-58. 
*Moses  M.   Randolph,   '54. 

John  H.   Mize,   '52. 

John  W.   Amiss,   '56. 

W.   D.   H.  Noyes,   '56. 

1858-59. 

*Thomas  W.  Greene,   '54. 

John  W.   Terry,   '56. 

John  H.  Woods,   '58. 

1859-60. 

Alexander  J.   Delano,  '56. 

*E.   C.   M.   Burnham,    '56. 

*John  Sawyer,   '54. 

1860-61. 

^Thomas  S.  Mize,   '58. 

1861-62. 
John  E.  Vertrees,  '60. 

^Restores  C.  Smalley,  '59. 

1862-63. 

*John  P.  Wren,   '48. 

Henry  H.   Beach,   '61. 

*Chauncey  E.  Bristol,  '61. 

166 


1863-64. 

William   H.   Strdmaii.   '61. 

Albert  M.   Ba.oii,    'f).v 

1864-65. 

Addison   B.    Tomliiison.   'OS. 

Caloway  Nash,    '63. 

1865-66. 

John   H.   Loomis,   '6S. 

Addison   L.   Cole,    '61. 

Riollay   F.   Gray,  '6U. 

1866-67. 

Charles  A.   Hobbs,   '60. 

John   M.    Titlerin^ton.    '66. 

Smiley  N.  Chambers,   '66. 

Thomas  J.   Keith,  '65. 

1867-68. 
Albert  Oo[le,   '66. 

Daniel   H.   Drake,   '64. 

Henry   H.    .Wills,    '63. 

1868-69. 
Joini   F.   Howard,  '66. 

Irenaeus  D.   Foulon,   '64. 

Robert  J.   Mitchell,  '62. 

1869-70. 

*William   l)e  Bolt,   '6S. 

Henry  W.   Brayton,  '65. 

James  C.   Foley,    '6<). 

Theodore  C.   Coffey,  '67. 

1870-71. 
Charles  B.    Roberts,  '68. 

=M(ihn   B.    En.iilish,  '66. 

Sarah   H.   Bulkley,    '70. 

Soliimon   Draper,    '66. 

1871-72. 
*Hasseltine   L.    Read,  '70. 

William  S.   Roberts,    '71. 

John  W.    Primm,  6S. 

Samuel   D.  Badger,  'r.S. 


167 


1872-73. 

*James  T.   Covel,   '68. 

Lemuel   J.   Hancock,   '68. 

Edwin  S.   Howell,   '69. 

John  W.   Rennick,    '72. 

1873-74. 
George  C.  Peck,   '71. 

Robert  T.   Stillwell,   '70. 

Elijah  T.   Cassel,    '69. 

^Lindsay  English,   '70. 

1874-75. 

Miles  J.   Huffman,   '71. 

*Elisha  English,  '70. 

Elisha  E.   Tyson,   '70. 

Francis  W.   Parker,    '71. 

William  J.   Crawford,   '72. 

1875-76. 

John   E.   Roberts,   '70. 

Francis  W.   Parsons,   '72. 

Ruth  C.   Mills,   '71. 

Oscar  E.   Badger,   '71. 

1876-77. 
*Bell   English,    '70. 

Thomas  S.   Bovell,    '74. 

James  F.   Wells,    '75. 

1877-78. 
Herbert  H.   Branch,    '74. 

William   F.   Wiemers,   '77. 

*John  Frank  Baker,   '76. 

1878-79. 

Frank  I.   Merchant,   '75. 

Robert  S.   Wade,   '78. 

Ellen  L.   Muhlemann,    '74. 

Charles  H.  McKee,  '75. 

1879-80. 
William  H.   Beeby,   '73. 

Otto  F.   Barth,   '75. 

168 


1880-81. 
Fraiuis  I).    Rood,    75. 

SaiiuK'l   1).   Sl.ilil,    7S. 

Jolin  W.    Phuf,  70. 
1881-82. 
ZL-plumiali  S.   Fouloii,   77. 

Joel  J.   Fouloii,    77. 

Bi-rtlia  W.   Formisdii,   78. 
1882-83. 
Albert  J.   Kendrick,  75. 

AiiiK'lla  Coiiovcr,   7^). 

Fd^ar   B.    Koa.li,   7«). 

Berllia  Bulklry.   ^^^ ■ 
1883-84. 
Josepli  H.  Bcawii,  70. 

J.   Howard  Mcniam,  79. 

Hcmy  S.   Black,   7S. 

Hollif  M.   Cooper,    'SO. 
1884-85. 
Edward  G.  Knight,   \S(). 

=i=Cliarles  C.   Hall,    'SI. 

J.   V.    Kowe.  'S2. 

Trusteii   F.   Gideon,    'S3. 
1885-86. 
Ella  M.   Osborii,    'S3. 

Benjamin  W.   Wiseman,   'S2. 

1886-87. 
TlKimas  S.   Voun^,    '84. 

James  M.   Osborn,   '83. 

Fmory  S.   Towson,  '84. 

George  W.   Gibbens,   '83. 
1887-88. 
F.   Will   Nolte,   '84. 

David   F.   Mclntyre,    '86. 

John   F.   Buck.  83. 

Andrew  J.   Donaldson,  '85. 

1888-89. 
Manning  Maytield,  '85. 

Fitz  Warren   Thompson,    '86. 

Gertrude   P.   Clinton,    '85. 

Sibyl  Swain.    '85. 


1889-90. 
Harry  C.   Reynolds,  '86. 

George  Edward  Hill,   '85. 

Albert  M.   Harrison,    '84. 

John  J.   Roach,   '86. 
1890-91. 
George  E.  Anderson,  '88. 

Alvin  W.  Claxon,  '85. 

Webley  J.  Beaven,  '88. 

William  H.  Fuller,  '88. 
1891-92 
Nellie  G.  Scott,  'SH. 

J.  Frank  Gillham,  '88. 

Howard  R.  Chapman,   '88. 

1892-93. 

John  H.  Coulter,  '89. 

Adolph  G.  Mizell,  '89. 

Howard  C.  Tilton,  '89. 

Ralph  W.  Hobbs,  '91. 
1893-94. 
Anna  E.  Wempen,  '87. 

Walter  H.   Harriss,   '89. 

Rose  M.  Miller,  '91. 
1894-95. 
Victor  L.   Duke,  '91. 

Tamar  IJ.   Scott,   '91. 

Clyde  E.  Osborn,  '86. 
1395-96. 
Frank  M.  Frush,  '90. 

George  H.  Helmkamp,  '91. 

Clara  B.   Van   Hooser,  '92. 
1896-97. 
T.  Harley  Marsh,  '89. 

James  A.   Palmer,   '88. 

Frances  E.  Coulter,  '92. 
1897-98. 
W.  Edward  Raffety,  '95. 

Samuel  G.  Cook,  '90. 

James  E.   Lemar,  '87. 

'Maida  M.  McCormick,  '93. 

I    I'l  cscnt  Inniiiilie'iit. 

170 


■U- 


MISS  MAIDA  M.   McCOKMICK, 


■KKSi  i>i:.N  r    <>i'     rill':     alpha    /.kta    socikty. 


W> o  n  o  r a trit   3lt  cm  b  ct'S 


JVlpl^t    ^cUx    §ocicin    oC    ^buriUCe  ©ollci^c. 


*Deceased. 

Addresses  placed  after  the  names  of  the  deceased  indicate  place  of  death       Where  the 
State  is  omitted  nftfr  a  town,  Illinois  is  understood. 


FACULTY  OF  SHURTLEFF  COLLEGE. 


P 


*Rev. 
*John 
*Rev. 
*Rev. 
^=Rev. 
=^Rev. 
*Rev. 
*Rev. 
*Rev. 
*Rev. 

Rev. 

Rev. 

Rev. 


PRESIDENTS. 
Joshua  Bradley,  A.  M.— 1827-28. 
Russell,  LL.D.— 1828-29. 
John  M.  Peck,  D.  D.— 1829-31. 
Hubbel  Loomis,  A.  M.  — 1832--^5. 
Washington  Leverett,  LL.D. — Acting — 1836-41. 
Adiel  Sherwood,  D.  D.  — 1841-45. 
Washington  Leverett,  LL.D. — Actino; — 1846  49. 
Norman  N.  Wood,  D.  D.— 1850-55. 
S.  Y.  McMasters,  LL.D.— P/o  TenipoiY—\H55-56. 
Daniel  Read,  LL.D.— 1856-70. 
Justus  Bulkley,  D.  D.— //f//;/^- 1870-72. 
A.  A.  Kendrick,  D.  D.— 1872-94. 
Austen  K.  de  Blois,  Ph.  D.  — 1894  to  date. 


173 


PROFESSORS. 
*Rev.  John  M.  Peck,  D.  D.,  Theology— 1827-31. 
*John  Messenger,  Mathematics,  etc. — 1827-31. 
*Dr.  Ebenezer  Marsh,  English  Branches — 1830. 
*Rev.  Washington  Leverett,  LL.  D.,  Mathematics  and    Natural    Philosophy 

—  1836-53. 
*Rev.  Zenas  B.  Newman,  A.  M.,   Oratory,   Rhetoric   and  Belles  Lettres — 

1841-44. 
*Rev.  Warren  Leverett,  A.  M.,  Latin  and  Greek  Languages  and  Literature 

-1841-53. 
*Rev.  Adiel  Slierwood,   D.  D.,   Mental    and    Moral    Science  and    Christian 

Theology— 1841-45. 
*Rev.    Erastus    Adkins,    D.   D.,   Oratory,    Rhetoric  and   Belles   Lettres — 

1847-56. 
*Rev.  Norman  N.  Wood,  D.  D.,  Mental  and    Moral   Science   and  Christian 

Theology— 1850-55. 
Rev.  Justus  Bulkley,  D.D.,  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy— 1853-55. 
^Orlando  L.  Castle,  A.  M.,  Oratory,  Rhetoric  and  Belles  Lettres— 1853-92. 
*Rev.  Erastus  Adkins,  U.  D.,  Latin  and  Greek  Languages — 1853-55. 
*Rev.  Washington  Leverett,  LL.D.,  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy — 

1855-68. 
'''Oscar  Howes,  A.  M.,  Latin  and  Greek  Languages  and  Literature — 1855-73. 
Ebenezer  Marsh,  Jr.,  Ph.D.,  Chemistry,  Geology  and  Mineralogy — 1856-63. 
Rev.  Edward  C.  Mitchell,  D.  D.,    Biblical    Studies  and  Sacred    Rhetoric— 

1863-70. 
^"Rev.  Warren  Leverett,  A.  M.,  Associate  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages — 

1865-68. 
Rev.  Justus  Bulkley,  D.  D.,  Church  History  and  Church   Polity— 1865  to 

date. 
*Rev.    Robert    E.    Pattison,    D.   D.,    Systematic   Theology  and   History  of 

Doctrines— 1865-69. 
^Charles  Fairman,  LL.D.,  Mathematics  and  Natural   Philosophy — 1868-72. 
*Rev.  Nathaniel   M.  Wood,   D.    D.,   Systematic   Theology    and   History  of 

Doctrines— 1871-73. 

174 


CM.U-TIMH    PKOFHSSOKS. 


*Natli.iiii(;l  M.  Woo.l.  I).   I) 
*Koberl  E.  I'attiscjii.  D.  I). 
Edward  C.  Mitchell,  O.  I) 
Kbenczer  Marsh,  Jr.,  Hi.  I). 
*()scar  Howes,  A.  M. 
♦Warren  Leverelt,  A.  M. 
♦Deceased. 


-.   'Pres.  Adiel  Sher^vood.  D.  1). 

8.  ♦Washinutoii  Kevereit,  l.l-.U, 

9.  *Pres.  Daniel  Read.  l.L.D. 
10.  •George  H.  UodRe,  ,A .  .\I . 
.ir.  Pres,  Adiii  A.  Kendrick.  D.D 

12.  *Cliarles  Fairmaii,  LL.U. 


H.  ^Orlando  L.  Castle.  LL.D. 

i(.  John  C.  C.  Clarke.  A.  M. 

15.  Jiistns  Miilkley,  D.  D..  LL.D. 

i(>.  James  M.  SiiHer,  D.  D. 


Rev.    James   M.    Stitler,    I).    D.,    Biblical    Literature   ami    IntL-rpretatinn — 

1S71-74. 
William  Ashmore,  A.  M.,  Latin  and  Greek  Languages — 1874-75. 
Rev.  Thomas  M.  Stewart,  A.   M.,  Mathematics  and   Natural  Philosophy — 

1874-75. 
Rev.  J.  C.  C.   Clarke,   A.    M.,  Latin  and    Greek    Lan^ua^es    and    Biblical 

Interpretation — 1875-86. 
*Charles   Fairman,    LL.U.,   Mathematics  and    Natural    History,    Chemistry 

and  Geology — 1875-95. 
Rev.  David  G.  Ray,  A.  M.,  Latin  and  Greek  Languages— 1889-93. 
Rev.  W.  H.  H.  Avery,  A.  M.,  Intellectual  and  Moral  Science— 1891-94. 
Rev.  Walter  H.  Bradley,  A.  M.,  International  Law   and   Political  Economy 

--1891-95. 
Timothy  Cloran.  Jr.,  A.  M.,  Greek  and  Modern  Languages — 1893-97. 
James  Archy  Smith,  M,  S.,  Mathematics — 1895-97. 
Samuel   Ellis  Swartz,  Ph.  B.,  Science— 1895  to  date. 

George  Ernest  Chipman,  A.  M.,  Latin  and  Political  Science — 1895  to  date. 
Charles  Hoben  Day,  A.  M.,  Modern  Languages — 1897  to  date. 
Victor  Leroy   Duke,  A.  B.,    Mathematics— 1897  to  date. 

PRINCIPALS  OF  SHURTLEFF   ACADEMY. 

*Rev.  Zenas  B.  Newman,  A.  M.— 1835-39. 
*Rev.  Warren  Leverett,  A.  M.— 1839-41. 

Rev.  Justus  Bulkley,  A.   M.— 1846-49. 
*William  Cunningham,  A.  M.— 1849-50. 

Philip  P.  Brown,  Jr.,  A.  M.  — 1850-53. 

Edward  A.  Haight,  A.   M.  — 1866-69. 
*George  B.  Dodge,  A.  M.— 1870-82. 

Richard   D.  Swain,   A.  M.— 1887-94. 

Rev.  Harry  H.  Tilbe,  A.  M.— 1894-95. 

George  Ernest  Chipman,  A.  M.  — 1895-97. 

Charles  Hoben  Day,  A.  M.— 1897  to  date. 

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TUTORS. 

*Rev.  Hubbel  Loomis,  A.  M.— 1835-36. 
*Rev.  Samuel  S.  Allard— 1838-39. 

Rev.  Justus  Bulkley,  A.  M.— 1846-49. 
*William  Cunningham,  A.  M.— 1849-50. 
Rev.  John  B.  Jackson— 1851-52. 
Alexander  A.  Ansman,  M.  D. — 1853-57. 
•^James  R.  Kay,  Ph.  B.— 1853-54. 
Rev.  Elihu  J.  Palmer— 1854-55. 
William  A.  Castle— 1855-56. 
Rev.  O.  L.  Barler,  A.  M.— 1864-72. 
John  U.  Hodge,  A.  M.,  M.   D.— 1867-70. 
*Lewis  C.  Donaldson,  A.  B.— 1867-72. 
E.  M.  Joslyn,  IW.  D.  — 1872-75. 
Rev.  Thomas  M.  Stewart,  A.  M.  — 1873-74. 
Edwin  W.  Reid,  A.  B -1875-76. 
Robert  Gibson,  M.  D.— 1875-76. 
Lucius  M.  Castle,  A.  B. -1876-79. 
John  U.  Hodge,  A.  M.,  M.  D.  — 1876-80. 
Frank  1.  Merchant,  A.  B.— 1880-84. 
Augustus  L.  Abbott,  A.  B.— 1881-84. 
David  G.  Ray,  A.  M.— 1882-89. 
Waldo  Fisher,  M.  D.— 1885-86. 
Edgar  B.   Roach,  A.  B.— 1885-86. 
James  T.  Torrey,  M.  D.— 1886-87. 
L.  F.  Schussler,  IV\.  D.,  LL.  D.— 1889-91. 
John  D.  Pace— 1890-91. 
Ora  P.  Seward,  A.  M.— 1890-91. 
Harry  R.  Lemen,  M.   D.— 1892-94. 
Annette  Griggs,  Ph.  B.— 1894  to  date. 
Thomas  W.  Todd,  A.  B.— 1895. 


178 


H^n''  i.^""'".""  Danrels. 

Rev"  E'^rT."  "^    -"'"^^ 
•  J        ;,•'■  Gliomas.  A.  M 

*Hon.  Cyrus  Edwards.  LI..  D 

•Deceased. 


OLD-TIME  HONORARY  MEMBERS 

i-.v,  rftl  VV.  Padisoii.  .\.  .\j 


•^ev.  A.  C.  O.sborn,  D.  I) 


<J    ♦Kev.  I.,  c.  Car 
lo.   Rev.  K.  K.  Coon. 


Mar\-   K.   Dodge,  A.  B.  — KS06  to  date. 
John  K.  Kicliirds,  B.  1,.  — KS97  to  datt^ 
John  Stafford,  A.  M.— 1897. 
Robert  E.   P.   Kline— 1897  to  date. 


♦MOTHER    HONORARY    IV1EIV1BERS.^ 


*Prof.   S.  Adams. 

^'^A.  W.  Alexander,  Hsq., 

Rev.  Galusha  Anderson,  D 
*M.  G.  Atwood,  Esq. 
*Hon.  Uavid  J.  Baker, 

Rev.  W.  F.  Boyakin, 
*Rev.  R.  Boyd,  D.  D. 

Rev.  D.  L.  Brayton. 

Hon.  G.  T.  Brown. 
*Hon.  O.  H.  Browning, 

Rev.  A.  H.  Burlingham. 
*Rev.  L.  C.  Carr, 

Hon.  A.  W.  Cavarly. 

Enos  Ckirk,  Esq., 
*Herman  C.  Cole,  Esq., 

Rev.  R.  R.  Coon, 
*Rev.  Harrison  Daniels, 

Hon.  Thomas  Dimmock, 

J.  Dimlap,  Esq. 
*Rev.  H.  J.  Eddy,  D.  D., 


D., 


St.  Louis,  Mo, 
Chicago. 

I'niveisity  of  Chicago. 


Alton. 

Blue  Rapids,  Kas. 


Quincy. 

Jtrseyville. 

Kirkwood,  Mo. 
Upper  Alton, 
Waukegan. 
Boston,  Mass. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Bloomington. 


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*Hon.  Cyrus  Edwards,  LL.D., 
*Rev.  R.  F.  Ellis. 

John  L.  Fitch,  Esq. 

T.  S.  Fitch,  Esq. 

Rev.  Mr.  Forman. 

Rev.  H.  L.  Foster.      . 

Rev.  J.  Foster. 
*Rev.  Mr.  Gardiner.     . 
*E.  Gove,  Esq. 

Rev.  W.  D.  Haley.  . 
*Rev.  J.  H.  Hazen.  . 
*E.  Hibbard,  Esq., 

S.  Howard,  Esq. 

Mrs.  Ingalls. 
*J.  James,  Esq. 

Rev.  Melvin  Jameson,  D.  D., 
*E.  D.  Jones,  Esq. 
*Hiram  N.  Kendall,  Esq. 

Prot.  J.  L.  Kimball. 
*G.  W.  Long,  Esq.       . 

Mr.  Manton. 
*Rev.  S.  W.  Marston. 
*B.  H.  Mills,  Esq., 

Hon.  Edward  G.  Miner, 
*CoI.  J.  L.  W.  Morrison. 
Rev.  D.  Nelson. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Osborn,  D.  D., 

President  Benedict  College. 

Everett  W.  Pattison,  A.  M., 


Upper  Alton. 


Upper  Alton. 


Alton. 


Upper  Alton. 


182 


Upper  Alton. 
Winchester. 


Columbia,  S.  C. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

II20  Union  Trust  Bldg. 


Rev.  I).  L.  Phelps.      • 
='=D.  L.  Phillips,  tsg. 
*Da\id  Pieisoii,  tsg., 

Prof.  G.  VV.  Pratt.      ■ 

E.  R.  Rowe,  Hsq. 
*Rev  James  V.  SchotielJ.  L).  U., 

Rev.  A.  Smith. 
*Hon.  G.  Smith. 

Rev.  E.  J.  Thomas,  A.  M., 

Homer  'ritrall,  Esq. 
*Hon.  Lyman  Trumbull. 
*Rev.  E.  Tucker,  U.  D. 

Rev.  Henry  G.  Weston,  D.  D., 

Fresident,  Cro/er  Theological  Seminary. 

*W.  Willard,  Esq. 
*Re\'.  1.  Woodbury, 

1871-72. 
Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Cole-Clarke, 

Mrs.  Alice  E.  Cole-Smith, 

1872-73. 
Mr.  H.  C.  Horner. 

Miss  Jewett.  •  •  •      ' 

*Mrs.  C.   E.   Newell, 

1873-74. 
Mrs.  Flora  Hamilton-Cassel, 

Miss  Cook.  .... 

Miss  Mary  E.   Co\el. 
Mr.  T.  Stewart. 

1874-75. 
Mrs.  Otelia  Walker- RatlilY, 


Carrollton. 


St.  Louis.  Mo. 


Atlanta. 


Chester,  Pa. 

Leominster,  Mass. 

LIpper  Alton. 
Alton. 


Upper  Alton. 
Hastings,  Nc-b. 


Parsons,  Kas, 


183 


Miss  Ella  A.  Bulkley, 
Mrs.  Fannie  Hurlbut, 

Jerome  W.  Smith. 
Miss  Nellie  Burton. 
Miss  Addie  C.  Branch, 

Miss  Agnes  Mueller, 

Mrs.  Justus  Bulkley, 
Mrs.  Edith  S.  Hardy- Brow 
Mr.  Hardy. 
Mrs.  Henry  E.  Mills, 

Mrs.  David  G.  Ray, 
Miss  Belle  Smith. 
Mrs.  Kittie  Swain-Neff, 
Mr.  Wilson. 

Miss  Roland. 

Oscar  Bates, 
Mrs.  Ann  H.  Bulkley, 
Mrs.   Laura  Gates-Blinn, 
Mrs.  Nellie  Holt- King, 
Miss  E.  M.  McReynolds. 
R.  E.  McReynolds. 
Mrs.  Manning  Mayfield, 


1875-76. 

1876-77. 
1879-80. 
1880-81. 

1881-82. 
1882-83. 


1883-84. 
1885-86. 


Upper  Alton. 
Austin,  Tex. 


Chicago. 

25  Van  Buren  Place. 

Upper  Alton. 

Upper  Alton. 
Troy. 


San  Diego,  Cal. 

•2425  First  Street. 

Upper  Alton. 


Peirce  City,  Mo. 


Upper  Alton. 
Rocky  Ford,  Colo. 
Upper  Alton. 


Lakeport,  Cal. 


184 


^%^^' 


THE   PRESENT  FACULTY. 


1.  Justus  Bulkley,  D.  D.,  LL.D. 

2.  Samuel  S.  Swartz.  Ph.  D. 

3.  President  Austen  K.  de  Blois.  Ph    D  ,  LL  D 

4.  Levi  A.  Abbott,  D.  D. 

5.  William  D.  Armslioiig. 


6.   David  G.  Ray.  A.    M. 
7-  Charles  H.  Day,  A.  M. 
H.   Robert  E.  P.  Kline. 
9.  George  E.  Chipnian,  \.  M 
ID.   Mrs.  Mary  K    Dodge,  A    U. 


11.  John  R.  Richards.  B.  L. 

12.  Henry  Rodgers  Lemen,  A.  M.,  M    D 

13.  Victor  L.  Duke,  A.  B. 

II     Aiuiiiii.  Ciict;';    I'll    H 


Prof.   Hikiolph. 

Miss  Mamie  Scoville, 

Mrs.   William  Grt-en, 
Miss  Hattie  Morriss, 


1886-87. 


1887-88. 


Miss  Fannie  Drew, 

Mrs.  Jennie  Wio;litman-Clarl<, 

1888-89. 
Mrs.   Nellie  Bartlett- Brown, 
Mr.  James  Kandolpli  Perry, 
Mrs.  James  R.   Perry, 
Mrs.   Ida  B.   SIieirry-Nolte. 
Miss   Mattie   Smith. 
Mr.  H.   E.  Weeks,     . 
Miss  Louise  Wempen, 
Mrs.   Emma  M.  Yocum-Ha^ebusch, 

1889-90. 
Miss  Nora  B.   Clinton, 

Mrs.  Dora  Grant, 

Mrs.  I.  S.   Hicks, 

Mrs.  S.    H.   Skinner, 

*Miss  Birdie  Templin, 

Mrs.  Clara  Webster-Titterington, 

1890-91. 

Miss  Daisy  Creswick, 

Miss  Dickinson, 
Miss  Octavia  Dodge, 
Mr.  C.   H.   Hatfield. 


Upper  Alton. 

Roodhouse. 
San  Diego,  Cal. 

Bunker  Hill. 
East  Alton. 

Pinckneyxille. 
Upper  Alton. 
Upper  Alton. 
Creal  Springs. 

Alton. 
Alton. 
St.   Louis,  Mo. 

2H21   \V.  Chestnut  St. 

St.   Louis,   Mo. 
St.   Louis,   Mo. 
Mattoon. 
Areola. 
Nevada,   Mo. 
Hardin. 

Upper  Alton. 
Upper  Alton, 
Upper  Alton. 


187 


Miss  Eva  McClellan, 

.     St.   Louis,  Mo. 

Miss  Ida  McClellan, 

St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Miss  Grace  Saunders, 

.     Upper  Alton. 

Miss  Etta  Strong,       .... 

.     Upper  Alton. 

Mrs.   Irene  Williams- Robbins. 

1892-93. 

Mrs.   Hattie  Montgomery- McClure,     . 

.     Gibson  City. 

Mrs,  Addie  M.  Barnes- Metzger, 

Chicago. 

255  Deal  born  Ave. 

Miss  Madge  Beall,       .... 

.     Alton. 

Miss  Mamie  Beall,       .... 

.     Alton. 

Miss  Churchill.            .... 

Miss  Harting,               .... 

Upper  Alton. 

Miss  Mamie  Leeper. 

Rev.  R.  B.  McCormick, 

.     Upper  Alton. 

Mrs.  R.  B.  McCormick, 

Upper  Alton. 

Miss  Constance  S.  Mills, 

.     San  Diego,  Cal 

2425  Hirst  Street. 

Miss  Minnie  Mills, 

.     Springfield. 

Miss  Katie  C.  Morgan, 

Upper  Alton. 

Miss  Isabel  Perry,       .... 

.     RoUa,  Mo. 

Mr.  Robert  Reeves, 

New  Douglas. 

Mr.  James  B.  True,  Sr., 

St-   Louis,  Mo. 

5837  Von  Versen  Ave. 

Mrs.  James  B-  True, 

.     St.  Louis,  Mo. 

5837  Von  Versen  Ave. 

Mrs.  Lathy  Wagoner, 

.     Upper  Alton. 

Mr.  H.  Clay  White, 

Upper  Alton. 

Mrs-  Lizzie  Young-Mueller, 

.     Upper  Alton. 

1894-95. 

Prof.  Brownlee.            .... 

188 

KhChNT  HONORARY  MHMBHRS. 


1.  *Miss  Birdie  Teiuplin. 

2.  Mrs.  Ann  H.  Biilkley. 

3.  Mrs.  Addie  M.  Barnes-Metzger. 

4.  Prof.  Richard  V.  Swain  (in  center. 

5.  Mr.  H.  Clay  White. 

♦Deceased. 


6.  Miss  Katie  C.   Mur>;aii. 

7.  L.  F.  Schussler.  M     IJ  ,  I.I,. I). 

8.  Miss  Ella  A.  BiilKlev. 
g.  Miss  Orl.ivi.i    Dodi;,. 


10.  Miss  Siidif  Chrisnian. 

11.  Miss  Constance  S.  Mills. 

12.  Miss  Louise  VVenipen. 
I  %!■-     \.  Hie  Holt-King 


Miss  SaJit.'  Clirisiiian,  •         .         .         .     Upper  Alton. 

Miss  Nt'llif  Dorsey,  ....      LJpprr  Alton. 

Miss  Anna  Johnson,  ....      Upper  Alton. 

1895-96. 
Miss  Winifred  White,  .  .  .  .St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Si  \  Ilcinpstead  St. 

1896-97. 
Miss  Barber.        ...... 

Miss  Harlan.        ....... 

Miss  Gahie  Johnson,  ....     Greentii'ld. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Richardson Rochester,  N.  Y 

Mrs.  John  Walil, Upper  Alton. 

Total  (Dupi.u  atk'^  Duducted),  226. 


'i^^' 


'pHEKK   is  many  a  gem  in  the  path   of  life, 

Which  we  pass  in  idle  pleasure, 
That  is  richer  far  than  the  jeweled  crown, 

Or  the  miser's  hoarded  treasure. 
It  may  be  the  love  of  a  little  child, 

Or  a  mother's  prayer  to  heaven, 
Or  only  a  beggar's  grateful  thanks 

For  a  glass  of  water  given. 

— Alpha  Zeta  Jocrnal,  Feb.  20,  1885. 


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etTjetral   ^o^s^ter. 


A  Complete  List  of   the  Past  and  Present  Active  Members 
of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society,  with  Biographical  Sketches. 

(Alphabetically  Arranged  According  to  Year  of  Joining.) 


EXPIjANATOKY. 

'■'■  .Means  J)i'et*ase(l.  Addresses  placed  after  the  names  of  the  deceased  indicate 
place  ot  deat^. 

t  Means  Not  Lncated.  Slandin,!;-  liefore  the  nanH>  of  a  deceased  member  it 
siii'nifies  that  the  place  of  death  has  not  been  learned. 

Where  the  ytai'e  is  omitted  after  a  town  or  county.  Illinois  is  understood,  ex- 
cept occasionally  in  the  case  of  a  larg'c  city. 

The  addresses  taken  \'vim\  ilie  College  catalngues  ari"  placed  in  parentheses 
wliiMi  "ot  kP-OAvn  to  be  present  addresses. 

In  lli(>  case  of  members  residing  in  large  cities,  tli/  business  address  ait>ne  has 
in  .-I  few  instances  been  inserted  when  house  address  has  not  been  learned. 

The  expression  "'entered  Sliurtleff  College"  as  used  in  these  sketches  does  not 
ne((ssarijy  have  reference  to  tlie  College  Department  projier. 

The  great  majority  of  the  clergymen  in  this  Koster  are  Baptists.  We  have 
made  careful  note  of  every~  exceptional  case;  hence  wlnni  no  denomination  ife 
miMitioned.  the  Baptist  is  understood. 

It  is  to  be  remembered  tiiat  many  of  the  memliers  of  our  Society  before  the 
name  was  changed  to  Alpha  Zeta.  remained  in  tlie  College  after->vard  and  weie 
active  members  of  the  Alplia  Zeta  Society. 


1843-44     (Lyceum.) 

KEV.  .irSTl'S  BULKLIOY.  I».  I)..  LI..  I).  -----       Upper  Alton. 

"In  the  annals  of  Shurtleft!  College  no  name  is  more  highly  honored  than 
tliat  of  tlie  man  who  is  now  the  Senior  Professor  in  that  time-honored 
Institution. 

".Justus  liulklcy  was  born  in  Leicester.  Livingstone  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  the 
2:!d  of  .Tuly.  1810.  In  the  spring  of  1837  he  came  with  his  parents.  Lorey  and 
Harriet    Kulkley.    to    the    State    of    Illinois.     Soon    after    his    removal    to    the 

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Wost  ht'  was  converted,  and  in  the  autuiim  of  is:'.7  he  iiiiiied  with  Die  Hap- 
iisi  ("hereh  in  Barry.  Til.  Feeling'  divinely  called  to  the  work  of  tlie  l'os- 
pel  niiiiisti-y.  he  was  lieens(>d  to  pfeach  by  the  Itarry  Hai.tist  Clmrch  oh  the 
iOth  of  .March.  1S4'_'.  At  about  the  same  iteriod  he  entered  upon  a  course  of 
study  at  Shurtleff  Colle-e.  Kor  upwards  of  half  a  cntury  he  has  l.e.'n  con- 
ueclod.  more  or  less  inliiiialely,  wiili  SliurtielVs  v.-iryiii-  f(.rtiines. 

-Immediately  upon  liis  .unidUMi  i..i;,  in  IMT.  Mr.  I'.uild.'y  s  .-.iMlity  and 
scholarship  wer(>  re.-o,i;iii/.ed  hy  his  .\lnia  Mater  and  he  was  elected  to  ih- 
Principalship  of  the  Academic  Depart nn'nl.  a  i.osilion  wln.-h  he  In-ld  for 
two  years.  On  the  14th  of  February.  IX-l'.t.  he  was  ordained  at  I'pp.'r  Alton, 
and  "in  the  course  of  the  same  month  h..  .nne  pastor  of  tiie  U.iptist  Clmrch 
In  .Terseyville.  This  happy  pastorate  continued  for  four  ycirs  and  a  lialf. 
.•m.l  in  September,  18.^3,  Mr.  Bulkley  resi-n..!  his  eli.irue  :.i  .lerseyville  to 
take  the  chair  of  Mathematics  at  Slinrtleir.  'IMie  same  success  which  had 
crowned  his  work  as  a  prea.dier  .-.t  tended  Ids  .areer  as  a  teach.'r.  in  Ls.-,."- 
he  entered  up.n  the  active  .luties  .d"  the  ministry  once  m.n-e.  liecomin-  i.:i- 
tor  at  CarroUton,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years.  In  the  sprinji  of  1>'W 
he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  ilie  Ipper  Alton  Baptist  Church,  and  in 
September.  ISG.!.  he  resigned,  to  lu-conie  pr.d'i'ssor  of  Chur.-h  HisL.ry  m 
ShnrtlefC  College,  and  during  the  thirty  years  iliai  h,-.v.«  roilowd  lie  has 
devoted  his  time  and  labor  to  the  interests  of  lli.'  colle-e.  at.u  tlu-  welfare 
of  the  students. 

Rev.  Bulklev  was  marrii'd  .Tuly  27.  1S4T.  to  Miss  Lucy  I'erry  bh-.  who 
passed  away  August  24.  1.S4S.  On  .lune  2.-..  I.^Mi).  he  marri-d  Harriet  (ireen 
Newell,  and  of  the  nine  children  born  to  tlH.m.  lour  still  surviv.  Sarah  Klleii 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  V.  B.  Kob(>rt>.  Downs.  111.:  Kuuiia  C  m.n-ri.'d  I.  X.  Ve.hler. 
nnd  lives  in  Unshville.  111.;  Bcrtlia  itiow  Mrs.  K.  B.  U<.ach.  is  laboring  with 
her  husband  on  the  forei.uii  mission  tield.  wl.ih-  Olive  C.  the  youngest,  resides 
in  .Tacksonvllle.  111.  On  .lanuary  I-'..  l.ss(..  Dr.  Btilkley  was  ni.irricl  to  Mi.ss 
Mary  B.  Head,  a  native  of  Viiginia. 

"Dr.  Bulkley's  life  has  been  one  of  ceaseless  activity.  As  pastor.  a> 
teacher,  as  President  of  the  Board  of  .state  .Missions,  as  Fresid.-nt  of  tlie 
Education  Society,  as  acting  Prosi.lent  of  Shurthdf  Colle.iie  during  two  crit- 
ical years  of  its  history,  as  Moderator  of  the  Oeneral  Association  on  many 
occasions,  and  in  many  other  important  otticial  positions.  J>r.  Bulkley  has 
exhibited  that  strength  and  that  wisdon,  wiii.h  h.ive  m.idc  liim  a  recgnized 
leader  of  men.  No  man  has  e.xerted  a  wider  or  nobler  ititlucti.-e  .nid  no  ni.an 
has  done  more  to  mould  and  guide  the  d.-nonunational  litV  of  the  St.itc 

-Vs  a  scholar  .and  think. -r  Dr.  I'.ttlkley  h.is  romtn.indr.l  Hie  admiration 
„r  veneration  after  generation  of  students.  11. ■  lias  be-'ii  .i  cireful  student. 
1„„1,  „f  men  and  bo.d<s.  His  investigath.n  «(  Hie  truiii  li.i>  .ilways  been 
carried  forward  in  .i  spirit  of  fre.>  in.niiry.  mingled  witli  an  iiiieiise  .h'Sirc 
for  the  attainment  of  that   wliicli  is  deep  .iiid  strong  .ind  .ibidiie.:. 

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"His  preaching  is  direct,  forceful,  and  magnetic.  It  exhibits  nothing  of 
the  passion  for  sensation  and  display  too  common  in  this  day.  It  is  full  of 
tenderness  and  power.  In  his  relations  Avith  men,  his  manner  is  ever  char- 
acterized by  quiet  dignity  and  noble  kindliness  of  spirit.  He  lias  won  midti- 
tudes  of  friends,  for  liimself.  for  the  college,  and  for  the  cause  of  truth  and 
righteousness. 

"Though  beyond  his  three-score-years-and-ten.  Dr.  Bullvlcy  lias  to-day 
the  vigor  and  life,  tiie  hopefulness  and  enthusiasm,  of  a  young  man.  He 
takes  a  keen  interest  in  athletic  sports,  and  enters  heartily  into  everything 
that  concerns  the  happiness  and  welfare  of  the  students.  By  his  splendid 
Christian  manhood  he  has  endeared  himself  to  all  who  know  him.  His  name 
is  an  honor  to  the  Institution  to  wliich  he  has  given  an  unfaltering  and 
loyal  devotion." 

The  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  lilm  by  tlie  old  Chicago  Univer- 
sity, and  in  June,  1897,  on  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  graduation,  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  his  Alma  ilater.  In  spite  of  his  advanced 
age.  he  not  only  ably  fills  the  diities  of  his  professorship,  but  almost  in- 
variably spends  his  Sundays  in  preaching  for  churches  in  this  part  of  the 
State. 

tl.  G.  CALKINS. 

tllOX   THOMAS  r.  COWAN.  .  .  .  -  -  (Morgan  Co  i 

*tWILLlAM  CUNNINGHAM.  A.  M.  -  -  -  (Brighton.; 

Tutor  in  ShurtlefJc  College.  1849.30.  For  years  afterward  a  prominent 
teacher  in  Madison  Co..  111. 

*t.IAMES  B.  BEVMONDSON. (Scott  Co.i 

*JOHN   FREEMAN.  .......  Decatur. 

He  was  born  .Tanuary  1-1,  ISoO,  in  Boston,  jNIass..  his  early  youth  being 
spent  in  the  Eastern  Stales.  In  184;^.  however,  lie  came  West  to  attend 
Shurtleff  College;  this  was  through  the  influence  of  liis  uncle.  Dr.  Benjamin 
Shurtleff.  for  whom  the  institution  was  named.  After  leaving  Shurtleff  Col- 
lege in  1849.  he  crossed  tlie  plains  with  ox  team  and  Indian  pony,  for  C^ali- 
fornia,  where  he  .irrived  six  iiiontlis  later  and  engaged  in  mining  gold  and 
fighting  Indians  (under  (Jen.  .lolm  C.  Fremont!  for  tliree  years,  when  he 
returned  to  Boston,  soon  afterward  embarking  for  the  scene  of  the  Crimean 
War.  On  his  return  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  oim'IkmI  a  farm  of  lialf  a 
section  in  Shelby  Co.,  one  mile  east  of  Moweaqua. 

He  remained  in  this  State  until  the  time  of  his  dejith.   wliicli  occurred  at 
Deca.tur.  July  27,  ISHd 

•*HON.  SAMUtJL  S.  GILBERT.  ....  -  Culiiiville. 

Born   at   Cloncestei-.   Essex  Co..    Mass.,   .January  27,    1827,    of   English   an- 

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t-estry.  Tic  r<inci\iil  in  Uliiiois  willi  iiis  jinrcnts  in  IS:',.',  s<Mtlinjr  in  Mmrisdii 
Co..  wild'.'  he  n  iii.iiiiiMJ  iwn  yc.irs.  yiciinj;  llu'iu-c  lu  ( Jri-rirsvillc  At  llic  iiyi' 
of  IT,  1h>  (MiroiM'i:  .•ilmrlifll  ('njh'i;!'.  liviii;.;  with  m  Mi:iiili  ii  .-iimiI  .-iinl  wiii-lviii;: 
li;ii-ri  Tor  ills  iM);iril  Tor  iivc  yrjirs. 

I  |uin  Icavlnu-  colli'.irc  lie  i.nmlii  ^ilund  tor  .-i  >liiui  iiiim-  in  rpi"  i"  .\linii.  .thI 
then  ivmnvod  to  I'jifiiiivillc  wlicrc  tin-  iciiijiiiuh-r  of  li.s  lit';'  \v;is  sjh'iii.  Ii. 
IS.")!  .Mr.  (;illi(>rt  ni.inifil  .Miss  Fr.iiict's  .Mel "lure.  He  siiiditMl  l;i\v  willi  II  iii 
.lohn  A.  CIii'siiiui.  .•111(1  w.is  ;i(liiiiti»'il  to  tin-  l.-ir  in  l>*in.  in  IS.'i'J  lie  w.i- 
eiectfd  Coiiniy  .Ind.uc  lie  iwii-;'  hidd  llic  ullict'  nt"  .Mnslcr  in  J'liaiK  ci  y.  jiiid 
ill  1>74  \v;is  a  iiiniii  (  r  ni  ilic  Illiiinis  I.ivuislal  iin-.  In  politics  lie  was  a 
I>('iiiiicr;ii.  acliiiji  Willi  tlir   Ktpuliliran  paiiy.  Imwcv  rr.  Iioni  l*^!!!   to  \S't'2. 

iMirinti-  his  ivsidciict-  of  aliinsi  titty  years  in  Carliiivil!;'  lie  niaintaiinii  :i 
Iiijili  cliaractcM'  profi'ssioiially  and  piTsniiaiiy.  winning'  tlic  i'(  spfct  of  ili" 
»'iiti"(>  coninuniity.  Ilis  death  oeeun.d  .lamiary  Ur..  IMic.  'ihrrc  ssns  siii- 
vive  him — E.  A.  and  ('has.  V  .  lawyers  nf  York.  .Neli..  and  \V.  \V..  p/ojirietoi* 
of  St.  (Jeorge  Hotel,  ("arlinville. 


*;kobeut  s.  ckkk.vk. 

*Y.TAMKS   II.    IilHIiAKI*. 
■ivIIOKACK  C.   IIIP.HAUn. 
vJOIIN    I'.    HILL. 
v.lOSl':    KOXAZI.V.NO    M.\iri'lNKZ. 
*vin:V.   AXHllKW   .MOFFET. 

*;f;EOiuH-:  ii.  sheuwood 
*-;rex.7a.mi.\  taylok. 

*vWILLIAM    <;.    TAYLCtlt. 
EmYAKl)    TKAIUE. 
CHAULES  \.   \YEST. 


il'ltper   .Mlili. 

(I'pli.  r    .\ll  111. I 

il'|)l);'|-  .Mi'iii." 

KJree.ie    Co.) 

iC(iaiiuil;i.    .Mexieo.i 

iLainiiille.i 

(rp])er  .Vlt.iii.i 

iSimal   Creek.) 

(Walerlno.i 

.lerseyville. 

I'nlare.  Cal. 


1844-45.  (Lyceum.) 


■EI>^^  AU1>  LEWIS  1',.VKi:K.  a.  :,I.  -  -  Huen.is  Ayres.  Soutli  America. 

Sou  of  David  .lewett  Hake;-  and  Sarah  T.  Fairchild-Haker.  His  failier.  a 
native  of  East  Iladdam.  Conn..  i:radiiated  from  Hamilton  Cullege.  N,  Y..  in 
ISlti.  two  years  later  settliii};  in  Kaskaskia.  111.,  where  Edward  L.  was  horn 
on  the  :{d  of  June.  lS2i>.  In  the  autninn  of  IM."!  the  suh.ieet  of  onr  sketch  en 
tt  red  the  Ereshnian  Cla>s  of  Slmrtleri  Cnllejie  at  tlie  a.ue  of  H.  gradiiatin.u;  in 
.Iinie.  1V47,  with  the  decree  id  .\.  I'...  and  receiviiiLr  liis  .\.  M..  three  years 
later.  The  l-'rc^hman  Class  of  1S|::-I  was  (|iiiie  l.iruc  Inn  nidy  ihire  rem;iineii 
and  coiiijileted  ilie  course-   Kev.  .1.   Unllvley.  Win.  Ciinniimh.i in  .iml   Mr.   H.-iker, 


las 


After  spending  several  years  in  study  at  tlie  T>aAv  School  of  Harvard 
University,  he  hecame  cilitor  in  isno  of  tlic  "Altdii  Telegrap'h."  He  lafter- 
Avard  served  several  terms  in  the  Illinois  liegislatnre.  In  1855  he  was  mar- 
ried to  ]\Hss  Julia  Cook  Kdwaras,  of  Springfield,  111.,  and  in  the  same  year 
became  editor  of  the  "Illinois  State  Journal"  at  Springfield,  which  position 
he  occupied  until  1870.  when  he  was  appointed  I'nited  States  Assessor  of  In- 
ttrnal  Revenue  for  the  Sin-ingfiylil  District.  I'hree  years  later  Pre.sident  Gi'ani 
appointed  liini  rnited  States  Consul  to  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentine  Republic, 
which  post  he  tilled  continuously,  through  all  the  changing  administrations, 
until  the  time  'il'  Jiis  drnlli  in  the  spring  of  1S;J7.  His  remains  were  interred 
at  Springfii'ld.  Ill  .  w  lilcli  i  ity.  d'.spite  liis  extended  absences  in  Sontli  Amer- 
ica, had  been  liis  li(}nit'  since  liis  mai'Tiage. 

As  a  studeni  Mr.  Maker  gav<>  himself  to  his  tasks  with  diligence  and  en- 
thusiasm. He  Av;is  thin'ougli.  accurate  and  faillifnl,  as  well  as  genial  :ind 
companionable.  "His  talents  were  of  a  high  order,  enabling  him  to  fill  witJi 
credit  to  himself  and  honor  to  his  family  any  position  to  which  he  as]»ired.' 
He  was  a  nicinlicr  of  the  I'l'ote-^tant  Episcopal  Cliurch. 

'IREY.  AUGUSTUS  B.  CKAAI.  .  .  -  .  (Metamora.) 

CYRUS  P.  CROSS.  -  -  -  (Jrass  Valley.  Cal. 

BENJAMIN  SHURTLEFF  FREEMAN.  -  -  Box  1554.  Boston.  Mass, 

Mr.  Freeman  Avas  born  in  Boston.  IMass.,  August  29,  1827.  Wlien  (|ail:' 
.1,  youth  he  came  West,  entering  Shurtleff  shorrly  after  his  brother  John  (see 
'43-4).  He  did  not  graduate,  but  upon  leaving  College  returned  to  Boston, 
Avhere  for  some  time  he  occupied  a  responsible  position  in  the  Custoui 
House,  and  afterward  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  which  lie  lias 
since  pursued  very  successfully,  having  interests  in  the  West  as  well  as 
,:the  [East. 
JJEFFERSON    FRUIT.  _..--.  (Ridge    Prairie) 

ISAAC  EDWARDS  HARDY.   M.   D.  -  -  Hartley,  Hartley  Co..  Tex. 

He  Avas  born  jSIarch  8,  1825,  his  parents  settling  in  Hamilton  Co..  111.,  in 
October  of  the  same  year.  Avhere  they  lived  until  1837,  Avhen  they  removed 
to  Upper  Alton.  He  entered  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Siiurtleff  Colleg(> 
in  the  fall  of  1830,  remaining  until  June,  1844,  Avheu  he  began  to  study  med- 
icine with  Dr.  B.  K.  Hart,  of  Alton.  In  June.  184G,  he  volunteered  in  the 
[Mexican  War.  On  his  return  he  entered  the  University  of  Louisville,  Ky.. 
as  a  student  of  medicine,  graduating  in  ;March.  1840.  Dr.  Hardy  practiced  in 
St.  Oenevieve  Co..  Mo.,  until  1S5L'.  Avlien  he  returned  to  Alton,  removing  to 
his  present  home  in  1880. 

Dr.  Hardy  Avas  A.  A.  Surgeon  in  tlie  Civil  ^^'ar,  At  present  he  is  inc:i- 
pacitated  from  business  on  account  of  blindness. 

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*OI.IVKK   T.   .lONKS.    .M.    I).  -  -  -  -  W.i.m,    T.-x. 

('••111!,'   Ill  SliiM-IIc'i'   uiiiii    I, Jill.  II   Ki'Mli  lin  111.   i  I.   «'l;iir  Cti.     lini    In..!-   yi'.i.s 
■•i.tro,  li>;i villi;  a  fMiiiily. 


*Y.)()Si-.lMI    II.    K.\'1V.. 


(St.    l/)iiis.    .Mil) 


IIKMIV    M,    I'KCK. 'rni.-.v.    CmI. 

Kiilcrcd  the  I'i'cii,ii-;ili;iv  1 1(  p.'irl  iiiiiil  ai'  SlMii-tlifr  in  IMl-U.  wiiiit-  .-i  iiu-.c 
hu.A,  ami  .-ludicd  iu  llic  i-iiis.slcal  rnr.isc  (oi  a  nuiiilur  of  vcais.  He  U'fl 
collcjio  ill  the  siiriii.i;  of  l.'-4(>.  and  in  lyAl)  w.iii  \V(  .•^t  wiili  Ilif  a r.L';.iia ■:!.•;. 
lijiviiiii  sixMil   iiiii.><t  of  \\\s  life  siuci'  in  lu-iin  ss  in  ( ".liirdrMi.i. 


'i.iosin  .\  s.  ri;i;Ks. 


I.nnrn    Si'lij.'ni'iil.    Si.   Clair   ("  m 


col,.    .\.\i)Ki:\V    I'll.I.KK    KMIXIKKS.  -  -  Ipii.T    Alimi. 

lie  w.is  iinrn  in  Howard  C;)..  M'k.  Mcinlur  i:;.  l.''"_'T.  his  ii.-r.-cni.s,  lllicnc/.i-r 
;.i!il  I'l'iirtlia  i.l.icl<siini  Kiid.u<'rs.  im  iiin\  iiiu  Id  i'lipt  r  Alli.n  in  is:!!,  wiici-c 
Father  Kudiri'rs.  wlio  wa.'<  aclive  in  ilir  founding;-  ni"  Sluirlhh".  died.  Our 
subject  had  six  lidHicrs  and  two  sisui's;  ilncc  of  llic  riunur  arc  (h  ceased. 
He  spent  ]:is  youtii  on  liis  l;it!i(i-"s  faini  m.ir  rpjK  r  Alton.  ;itlcndinj;-  the 
(1!sti-ict  schools  and  l.-il:r  Sluii'tlctf  Colle-e.  in  ilic  midsi  of  the  <'.dlc:j;e  yea:' 
IS-l-l-.")  lie  went  to  St.  I.on's  ;iKd  clerl<cd  li.r  soine  time  in  a  h.irdware  store. 
Wiien  the  Mexican  wai'  l;c,4'a!i  lie  enlisted  in  (  o.  K.  Second  Illinois  Infantry, 
Inkint,'  part  in  the  liattle  of  I'.iitna  Vista  and  doin.u,'  jiood  servici . 

Keturninu'  honic,  lie  attend(>d  Shurtleff  ColleiiC  in  1S47-S.  and  was  enua.ired 
in  larmini:-  wlun  the  'lold  i'(  v.m'  took  liiui  across  ilie  iil.-iiiis  lo  C.-ilifornia. 
wli<'i-i  for  two  yt  ars  lic  mined  ^old.  iieinu'  fir  .1  lime  hrpuly  Slici-iff  (d' 
Sacramento  Co..  umier  I'eii  .\lc( 'nllodi.  In  ilic  r;ill  of  is:.]  lie  rci\iriied  iiuine 
for  ;i  short  visit.  t))i  his  way  li.icU  to  tii.'  u:  Id  Tudds  lie  w.-is  wrecked  nfi'  liie 
Cull  of  California.  I.andin.u'  at  ien.u'tii  witli  oilier  snrvivoi>  on  .Marjiiu'retta 
Island,  he  was  m:iile  purser,  liaviii^-  in  idi.iiue  suine  t^.'i.ikio.  Rescued  by  a 
whalins  vissid  and  auain  reacdiiiii;  S.icramenio.  he  airain  Iiccaine  Deputy 
Sht-rlff. 

On  the  death  -  f  his  f.-itlnr  in  the  sjuMim-  of  1>."."«.  Mr.  Kod.ucrs  reiuriicil 
rn  I'lijier  Alioii.  opera tiiiu'  tlie  f.-irm  .-ind  <.iw  leiil  until  tlie  Civil  War  Imdce 
out.  when  he  was  elccti  d  Captain  of  Co.  H,  Fiulit  iei  li  Illinois  Infantry,  am' 
snuu  after  Lieutenant  Colomd.  Ai  the  l:;iitle  of  I'crryville.  Ky..  Coi. 
nodsrers  A\as  wounded  ar.<l  taken  nlT  Hi,'  lie  Id  for  dead.  After  some  time 
in  the  liosi»ital.  hi"  w;;s  ordered  to  lake  cliarire  of  his  regiment  in  the  des- 
perate Ptreight  raid  ai;;iiiist  Fomsi,  A|!ril.  l.'-'i;."!.  the  fiu'ce  heiiiir  c;ipiiired 
at  Koiiie.  (Ja..  and  Col.  Uod.i.^Ts  jiMiiii;  to  Lililiy.  .\  year  later  he  iwiili  about 
thirty  other  ellicei-s  of  jd.'.'h  rank,  iuediidin.i;-  (on.  Scli'.ilieldi  wrs  traiisfrrrcv' 
to  Macon,  (Ja..  .ind  then  to  Charhstoii.  when*  these  otlicers  were  i)Iaced 
luider  the  fire  of  their  Northern  friends.  Six  weeks  later  the  survivors  were 
excli.-iiiKed.  Uodiicrs  receiving  his  Colonel's  commission,  wliich   ii.nl  been  sent 


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him  more  tli;iu  a  year  previously,  but  wliieh  had  Taileil  to  reach  him  in 
prison.  Being  now  solicited  by  Gov.  Yates  and  Gen.  Kosecrans  to  recruit 
for  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth,  he  proceeded  to  raise  SDO  meu  at 
a  personal  expense  of  over  $200.  For  this  service  the  Government  was  to 
give  him  200  drafted  n;en  to  fill  out  a  regiment,  but  this  was  not  done  and 
he  resigned  November  25,  18G4. 

He  was  married  ^Nlay  30,  ISOO,  to  Jane  Delaplaine.  Tliey  have  five 
children— John  B.,  of  Denver,  Col.;  Catherine,  wife  of  Henry  Philips,  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Ky.,  Montreal,  Que.;  William,  of  St.  Louis;  Sarah  B.,  a  grad- 
uate of  Monticello  Seminary,  and  Henry  Fuller,  in  business  in  Upper  Alton. 

Since  the  Avar  the  Colonel  has  devoted  considerable  attention  to  farming. 
In  1870  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  where  he  served  two  years. 
He  has  been  I'resident  of  the  Madison  County  Fair  Association,  and  dele- 
gate to  numerous  Congi-essioual  and  State  conventions.  He  is  President  of 
the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  Superintendent  of  the 
Piasa  Chautauqua  Assembly,  and  since  the  erection  and  occupancy  of  his  new 
home  within  the  village,,  he  has  been  Mayor. 

The  Colonel  is  a  tyi)ical  veteran  of  two  wars,  a  noble  patriot,  a  true  citi- 
zen, and  he  still  r/'tains  in  a  remarlcable  degree  the  vigor  and  spirit  of  youth. 

♦t\VTLLL\M  A.  SIMMERWELL.        -  -  -        (Pottawatomie  Mission.  L  T.) 

*tCAPT.  JOHN  TKIBLE.  A.  M..  LL.  B.        -  -  -  -         (Macoupin  Co.) 

♦PAUL  AVRIGHT.  -----  (Carrollton.)    St.    Louis,    Mo. 

1845-46    (Lyceum   and    Philomathean.) 

REV.  r>AMUI"L  MENDOX  BROWN,  A.  M.  -  -  Macon,  Franklin  Co.,  Neb. 
He  was  born  October  8.  1819,  his  father,  Rev.  Jonathan  Brown,  being  one 
of  the  pioneer  Baptist  ministers  of  Illinois.  Following  in  his  father's  steps, 
he  prepared  himself  for  the  ministry,  and  after  many  years  of  earnest  toil, 
chiefly  in  Illinois,  he  settled  upon  a  fa'-m  at  Macon.  Neb.,  where  he  leads  a 
quiet  retired  life,  though  still  a  well-preserved  old  gentleman.  He  preaches 
occasionally  and  is  often  requested  to  deliver  addresses  on  public  occasions. 

*■; JAMES    R.    ELLIOTT.  -  .  .  -  -  -  -  (Richland.) 

tWILLIAM  FRUIT. (Ridge  Prairie.) 

tWILLIAM  T.  KAY.  --------  (Payson.) 

ILEVEN  H.  LUCKETT.  ------  (St.  Charles,  Mo.) 

TXILY.  ADDISON  D.  MADEIltA.  _  .  -  -         Independ-ence,  Mo. 

Presbyterian  minister. 

jMARVIN  T.   MOORE.  - -         (Waterloo.) 

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tJKSSE   (J.   W.    TAI-MKIt.    M.    I). (St.MiinRton.i 

(Jraduiiti'd    froni   a    iiicdical    cdlli^Lrt'    in    (Mnciiiiiati.    ()..    am!    allcrwanl    re 
moved    to  ('alifuniia.     'I'ravclcd  cMriisivcIy   in   Ai:siralia    and    .Mexico. 

.]AMf:S  TEAK  '.Ml   W    JIsi   si..   Kan.Mas  City,   M(, 

KEVRKyN  T.  TEAK.  Sub  Station  H.  St.  Joseph.  Mu. 

MOHN  MILTON  RODfJEKS    .M.   I>.  Abeideeii.   Mi.ss. 

Anotlier  son  of  "Fatlier  Kodyi  rs,"  wa.s  horn  July  11.  l.SL'!».  in  Ilcvward  Co., 
Mo.  His  youth  was  s^>ent  at  tlie  homo  in  I'pijer  Alton,  whither  his  father 
had  reni<»vod.  and  wliere  lie  ;ittende(l  Shiii-tlefi'  Colleu'e.  In  isiii  he  wt-nt  to 
Californi;i.  ;ind  upon  retiirnlny;  a  year  or  two  later  entered  I'ost  Medical  Col- 
le^'p  in  St.  Eouis.  lie  completed  his  course,  however,  in  the  State  Medical 
College  at  .\ew  Orleans.  La.,  practicing  for  a  year  at  La  (Jrangt'.  Tex.,  and 
afterward  locating  in  Aberdeen,  Miss.  Here,  while  yet  a  younj;  man.  ho 
died  of  consumption  brou^'hl  fni  by  exjiosnre  in  the  mines  of  California  sev- 
eral years  before. 

•tJOllN    SHANNON.  ._...-  (Sparta. i 

•CAIT\  HENRY  STARR  SPAULDINlL  -        Vineland.  Glouce.ster.  Co..  N.  J. 

Rorn  November  28.  1822.  in  Edwardsville.  111.;  the  son  of  I).  A.  and  Julia 
Spauldlng.  As  a  boy  he  was  an  ardent  student,  and  durinp  his  attendance 
at  Shurtleff  College  his  scholarship  was  very  high,  though  he  was  unabh-  to 
finish  his  course.  In  18r)r»  he  marrifd  Anna  Marie  .McMahan.  a  pcrtMess  of 
more  than  ordinary  ability.  ILr  health  was  frail,  and  ten  years  later  stu- 
died.   Two  daughters  were  born  to  them,  one  of  whom  survives. 

Mr.  Spaulding  volunteered  in  the  army  S<'ptemt)er  in.  ISf.L',  and  was 
chosen  orderly  sergeant  of  Ci'mp.iny  F..  Twenty-fourth  New  .Ier>ry,  to  wlii(  h 
State  he  had  removed  not  long  before.  He  di.'^played  such  uall.-intry  on  the 
field  of  Fredericksburg  tliat  his  )iame  headed  the  list  of  promotions.  Trann 
ferrod  to  Company  1  as  Second  Lieutenant,  he  took  part  iu  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville.  exhibiting  .•uliiiiralile  liravery  and  nerve,  while  snflerin..' 
from  an  excruciating  wound.  He  was  afterward  Captain  of  Company  H, 
Thirtj'-fcighth  New  Jersey,  serving  until  the  dose  of  the  war  and  winning 
the  respect  and  love  of  ;ill  by  his  ciMsisteiit  Christian  life. 

After  peat-e  was  declared,  he  turned  his  sword  into  a  prunitig  hook,  and 
later  he  taught  school  in  various  New  Jers.-y  counties.  In  l.*»7.S  he  -.narried 
Lizzie  K.  Gray,  of  Vineland.  N.  J.,  a  leaclier  and  authoress,  who.  witli  tlielr 
son  Henry  Seville,  survivt  s  liim.  His  death  occurred  .\i>ril  12.  lS<t4.  con- 
gestion of  the  lungs  being  ilie  direct  cause.  I)esi)iie  many  trials.  Capt. 
Spaulding  was  che<?rful,  uncomplaining  and  i;opeful  to  the  last.  .\  man  (d 
insi)iring  fortitude,  a  good  liusbaiul.  f.itlK  r.  irieiid  and  ciii/.cii.  lie  w.-is 
prominent  in  Sunday  scliool  and  chiuili  wurU,  besides  bein^  a  pr.-ictical 
I'rohlhltlonlst. 

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*-iJOSEPH  H.  TRABUE.  -  -  rMacoupin  Co.) 

*i. TAMES  W.  VAN  BRUNT,  M.  D.  ---...        (Sparta.) 

♦SYL^  ANUS  C.  WOOD.  ------  Xear  Boon,  la. 

*;W.  S.  WOODS.  -  (Bunker  Hill.. 

1846-47     (Phiiomathean.) 

*;(^EORGE  B.  DAVIS,  JR.  ------  (Bunker  Hill.) 

tE]{ASTUS  V.  JOHNSON.  ------  (Rome,  Ga.) 

CATT.  ED.AIUND  DOUGLAt'.;J  KiilKSEY.  -  -  -  Oswe-o.  Kan. 

Born  in  Warren  Co.,  Middle  Tennessee,  June  "».  1829.  In  lS3u  iiis  fainer 
removed  to  Upper  Alton,  111.,  where  Edmund  attended  the  common  schools 
and  Shurtleff  College.  In  1856  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Upper  Alton,  lemoving  to  Bethaito  a  fe^v  years  later. 

In  August,  1SG2,  Mr.  Kelrsey  helped  organize  Company  K  of  the 
Eightieth  Illinois  Infantry,  being  elected  First  Lieuteuiint  and  remaining  a; 
the  front  until  the  surrender  at  Apponiatto.\,  wlien  he  returned  home  to  I'e- 
sume  his  former  business.  In  1871  he  removed  to  Kansas  and  engaged  in 
farming  for  a  time,  but  liie  phys.eai  uitirmities  resulting  from  his  army 
life  have  to  a  considerable  extent  incai);i('iialed  him  for  active  business.  He 
has  been  Just>lce  of  the   Peace  of  Oswego  for  seventeen  j-ears. 

tR.  SQUIRE.  --------  (Richland.) 

MAJ.  JOSEPH  SIDNEY  S:MITH.  -  -  Bates  Station,  Sangamon  Co. 

Was  born  July  21,   1.S27,   in   Franktt.i't,   Ky.       In   is;i4   he  came   wim   hiS 

father  and  family  to  Sangamon  Co..  111.    After  a  period  of  study  in  Shurtleff 

he  purchased  in  1858  a  tract  of  land  at  Kates  Station,  which  lias  since  been 

his  residence. 

In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  Tenth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  elected  Major  and 
served  in  trans-Mississippi  Deipartment.  Immediately  upon  the  close  of  the 
war  he  took  an  overland  train  of  120  mules  and  twenty  wagons  to  Cali- 
fornia, suppl.ving  military  posts  and  stage  routes  with  corn.  He  returned 
home  in  186G  via  Isthmus  of  Panama  nnd  New  York,  and  has  since  t)een 
engaged  in  the  cattle  trade  between  Texas  and  the  Northwest.  In  1881  he 
established  a  cattle  ranch  in  Montana,  to  which  he  brings  each  year  j'oung 
c.ittle  from  Texas,  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  fattening  them  for  the  Chicago 
n.arket.  Although  absent  a  large  portion  of  each  summer,  he  has  resided 
in  Illinois. 

HIRAM  D.  WOOD.  -------  oelwein,  la. 

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1.  *Alonzo  T.  Harlow.  Ksn      <:-. 

2.  Frof.  Rirh,,rd  P.  Rider   A    Vf     • 

3.  Rev.PhilipS.  MoxomDo    v.* 
4-  Avery  C.  Hancock,  M.  D.,  Y,,S. 

•Deceased. 


A  GROUP  OF  NOTAB..1-:  ALPHA  ZKTANS. 


5    *J«^';<li  W.  Preston.  Esq      .s 

I'-  ];"^K'' David  J.  Baker,  LL   D      aS 
/.   Rev.  j„,,„  I    jaekson    D   b     W 
«    Jodge  Charles  N.  Daniels,  -fij 


"    'tdward  L.  Daker.A.  .\r^^ 


1847-48     (Philomathcan.) 

KEY.  ousoN  I..  r..\i{M;i:.  a.  m. 

r,:>S  Cli'vchiiiil   Avf..  (■liii;i;.'i).    111.;  Ollicf.      Idc,  l,;ik,.   Si. 

\\';is  horn  in  .lulmstDWii.  IJckiiij:  ('»>..  ()..  in  1S12S.  The  family  I't'nutvod  to 
Illim»is  iu  1S;{.S,  an. I  Ors.ni  I'nicrcd  Slii;rtK'H  in  1S47.  ^'radualin^  In  lsr.4.  Do 
ct'niher  127  ol'  sanu"  vcai-  lie  was  inarrii'd  lo  Knudint'  A.  ('ondon.  of  Si.  Louis 
and  sliiiiliy  afterward  liccaiui'  pastur  of  tlu-  Haptlst  C'hurcii  at  ("htsU-r,  111. 
Mr.  Kark'r  is  a  scicnliric  stciiouraplicr.  and  was  enframed  in  ti'acliin:^  sliort- 
I'.and  and  other  branehes  lOr  a  period  df  icn  ye;irs.  In  l.S(ir>  he  returned  to 
Upper  Alton,  and  in  ISTt;  removed  lo  Chieaj;o.  where  he  has  since  resided. 

In  1876  Mr.  Harler  aefijited  ihe  doctrines  of  the  "New  Church,"  the  min- 
istry of  which  he  intheld  for  many  years:  Imt  he  lias  iinw  retired  from 
active  service.  Tliis  rhanixe  of  faith  lias  nm  alieiiau  d  him  from  his  friends 
in  other  churches. 

*iDAVII)  (J.  BUOOKS.  M.  I).  ....  ..I  .neshoru.i 

♦1  HENRY  W.  BUCKMASTElt.  ....  (Alton.) 

DANIEL  S.   DAYIE.  -  -  -  -  -  JonesFioro. 

SA.MIEL.I.  DELAI'LAINK.  :.()7  (n'allnn  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

rroiirietor   St.    Lawicnce  Laundry. 

•KEY.  J()SL\H  T.  DICKSON.  (iranville.   Mo..   .Marcli   IL   IMiS 

♦I'.EN.IAMIN  E.  DICKSON.  -  -  -     :         In  Indian  Territory  about  LSiMJ. 

*i\\lLLL\M  L.  DOUOHEKTY,  .M.   D.  ....  (.k.nesboro.) 

♦JAMES  FISHBACK.  -  \Yashington,   D.  C. 

Internal    Kevenue   Collectrjr   at    .lacksonville    for   many    years,    and    after- 
ward occupied  a  government  position  in  ^Vashin.sJ;ton. 

CAI»'r.  EK-VNCIS  ^Y.  EON.  ....  Alvin.  Brazoria  Co..  'l\'\. 

Eani'.er. 

*(;E0U<;E   L.    (MUSWOLD.  ......  Uri;:hion. 

KEY.  CHARLES  .M.  KAY.  A.  B.  -  -  Si.rini:  L.ike.  Mich. 

IIARYEY    LEMEN.  ......  Waterlo.i. 

•HON.  WILLIAM  B.  LOOMIS.  ....  .Miniie.ipolis.  about  LS7(;. 

♦.lAMES   E.   MATHE^YS.  ....  Dover.    Kayelle  Co..    Mo. 

lELIAS    McMURTRY.  -  -  -  -  ■     .        (Waterloo.) 

•ALBERT  J.  METCALE.  ....  Ipper  Alton. 

Son  of  Jamos  Melcalf  .-iiid   brother  of  Lyne   S.     A   very  bri^'ht.  proniisiii'.: 

student;  he  died  durini:  liis  colleire  course,   at   the  a^re  of   IS.     He  e;)i!!r:icted 

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pnenmoniu    iu    a    game    of    bail    during    inclemont    weather,    and    died    soon 
afterward. 

*tiIIRAM  G.  MILLEK.  -  -  -  .  .  (Brimfield,  Peoria  Co.; 

•KEY.  GEORGE  IDE  NEWI:LL.  -  -  .  .  Rochester.  N.  Y. 

Was  born  in  \Yarren.  lrierl<imer  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  15,  1830,  and  oiinie  to 
Illinois  with  his  father's  family  in  1836.  He  received  his  early  training 
in  private  schools  and  academies.  In  tlie  autumn  of  1847  he  entered  the 
Academic  Department  of  Shurtleft  College,  and  remained  until  the  comple- 
tion of  his  Sophomore  year  in  t!ie  spring  of  1851.  V/hen  he  entered  upon  nia 
course  of  study  it  was  his  purpose  to  make  the  law  hi.s  pi'ofession.  but  later 
on  he  became  settled  in  the  conviction  that  it  was  his  duty  to  prepare  for 
the  work  of  the  Cliristian  ministry. 

In  September,  1851,  he  became  a  student  of  Rochester  University.  Near 
the  close  of  the  college  year  his  health  failed,  and  very  suddenly  and  Uii'ix 
pectedly  to  his  faiiuly  nnd  friends  he  died  at  Rochester  July  (i,  1K>'2.  He 
vras  a  young  man  of  line  pusence,  an  earnest  and  conscientious  srudent:, 
enthusiastic  and  zealous  in  his  college  and  society  work.  He  was  a  tinished 
writer,  a  fluent  and  forcible  speaker.  AYhile  at  Sliurlleff  he  took  part  in 
many  society  and  college  debates,  and  upon  several  Commencement  occasions 
(there  being  few  graduates)  was  among  the  orators.  He  Avas  a  cliarter  mem- 
lier  of  the  Alpha  Zeta  Society,  and  one  of  its  early  preside-nts. 

A  Rochester  Diiiversity  correspondent  Avrote  the  followin/,'  to  a  New 
York  paper:  "Geo.  I.  Neweil  joined  our  ranks  one  year  ago.  He  was  one 
of  tli-'^se  individuals  a\)io  gain  Uie  esteem  and  win  llie  conhtleiice  of  .".!' 
v.'ith  whom  they  are  acquainted.  He  had  endeared  himself  both  to  tne 
faculty  and  students,  was  successful  in  his  studies  and  gave  promise  ox 
much  future  usefulness.  His  death  fell  upon  the  college  like  an  electric 
shock."  Thus  passed  away— his  life  work  scarce  begun— a  young  man  of 
fine  abilities,  .-i  true  .;':eni;i man.   an  eai'nest   Cliristian. 

iDAYID   H.    NICHOLS.  -  -  -  irrovincetown,    Wliitesido    Co.) 

nviLLIAM   L.   RODGERS.  ......  Upper   Alton. 

Another  brother  of  Col.  A.  V.  Kodgers;  was  l)()rn  in  Howard  Co.,  .Mo.. 
September,  1831,  his  father's  family  soon  afterward  coming  to  Upper  Alton, 
wliere  he  devoted  himself  to  studj'.  His  life  was  full  of  promise,  but  death 
claimed  him  while  yet  in  ilie  midst  of  liis  college  course. 

He  was  a  great  reader,  and  wlun  toiling  in  his  father's  field  usually  had 
a  book  which  he  would  read  when  he  could  snatch  a  moment  from  his  work. 
His  memory  was  marvelous,  and  he  was  a  good  debater  and  fine  writer. 

SI'ENCER  G.   RUSSELL,   A.    M.  -----  Bluffdale. 

Y\'as  born  February  lit,  1S2S.  at  Bluffdale,  Greene  Co.,  111.,  on  the  place  his 

father  (Settled  in  1827.    His  father  was  .Tohn  Russell,  one  of  the  earliest  Pre§- 

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idents  of  riM!r:'oir  ('(i!!exo.  wlicro  SiienotT  Ix-caiiio  a  studciif  at   the  a^'o  of 
IS,    •  i;.,.i::;lii!^   \v.   ; .  c  classkal   couiso  .luiic.   lsr>.'5. 

lie  thon  beijan  readiiiK  law  wiili  .ludpt-  C.  \t.  Ildd^cs,  at  C'arndltnii.  and 
in  isr»5  was  admitted  to  llio  liar,  uin'iiiu^'  up  his  pnicticc  In  that  city.  .luiif 
:2(i.  \S'  ..  !^!m  :  ,11'ir  cDii:  rri'd  iipnii  liiiii  tlic  dc^ircc  nf  A.  M.  lie  wa.s  inar/icd 
Dowmber  10,  1S."0,  to  lAHiisa  (".  Sitciitcr,  aflcrw.ird  i-.'iun\  ir.^'  to  UhinnaJf. 
\\  hicli  lias  since  Irecii  his  lioiiic. 

*U:FA.  OV.L.WIM)  .1.  SIII:i;M.\.\.  -  (M.-tamora.i 

.TUltOK   THOMAS   ADIKI.   SI  I  Kia\<  X  )1  >.  .I.frnson    City.    Mo. 

This  eminent  jurist  was  lioin  .luuc  12.  1s:M.  the  son  of  Kcv.  Adicl  Sher- 
wood, at  one  time  rresident  of  Sluirtleff  ('ollrjic.  After  leaving  SlnirtlelT  he 
was  fini'.iuated  at  ('iuciiiiiati  Law  Si  iiool.  in  ISTii  he  w.is  elected  to  tin- 
Supf«-nie  Court  of  the  St;ite  <if  Missnuri.  ;niil  ii.is  si  rvcd  cniitiniioi.sly  cve»- 
since.     He   is  considered   tiie   al  lest   jiid.^'   now   upon   th.at    eoiiri. 

*vAI)IHAX     r.WKY.  -  --....  (|';iyson.i 

IltA   1'.   WAKKKX.  -  - Bolivar,   Mo. 

ILORLNG  A.  WILLIAMS.  -------  (Alton. I 

1848-49. 

.HiXJlO  1».\\  ID  .IKWHIT  I'.AKEK.  LI,.  D.  .'.T-V.f  M.nlis  mi  Ave..  Chiciiro. 

Born  at  Kaskaskia.  IJandelph  Co..  111..  .N'ovenilur  Ll(i.  ls;";4.  His  fatliei 
was  the  late  Hon.  David  J.  Baker,  of  Alton,  who  settled  at  Kaskaskia  in 
1S19  and  for  eisrht  years  tilled  the  ullice  of  I'nited  Si;iles  District  .Vttorney  fo;- 
the  District  of  Illinois,  and  was  for  one  session  of  Coufrrcss  a  meintier  of 
the  United  States  Striate,  by  apjinintiuent  of  (Jov.  Edward>.  Hi.'!  fallnT  was 
for  many  years  a  leadin.sr  member  of  the  bar  of  Illinois,  and  the  itroceedin^rs 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Slate  upon  the  occasion  of  his  d«'ath  will  be 
found  reported  in  Vol.  53,  of  the  Illinois  Iteports. 

Judge  Baker  was  educated  at  Slnirtleff.  from  which  institution  he  irr.-id 
nated  in  18.14  with  the  de.ijree  of  A.  I'..  In  isss  the  (le,u:ree  of  LL.  h.  w.is 
conferred  upon  him  by  his  Alniii  Mater,  -\fter  graduation  he  read  law 
for  two  ye:v.-s  in  liis  f"alhin'"s  ollice.  w;is  adnulied  to  llic  i'ar  ia  l.*-."!*).  when 
he  removed  to  Cairo.  111.,  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
residing  in  that  city  for  over  forty  years.  He  served  one  term  as  City  At- 
torney, an.i  w.",s  Mayor  of  Cairo  in  1.S04  and  isr>."».  In  M.in  h.  isi;;*.  he  w.-is 
elected  Circuit  Judge  to  fdl  a  vacancy,  and  was  re-elected  to  the  Circuit  beiicii 
in  IST.*?.  1ST!>  and  l'.S,"».  Upon  the  organization  of  the  Appellate  Court  in 
1>77.  he  was  assijLnied  liy  the  Siipieme  Court  to  be  one  of  th<>  three 
.ludges  of  the  Apiiell.'ite  C^ourt  for  the  Fourth  District,  and  was  re-.assigne.l 
to  «.nih   (  I'm  ('   fi)i-   tile   terms    nf   three   ye;irs.     beirinniii.i,'   !:■.   .Imiic,    1s7!i.     .'iinl 

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June.   1882.    In  1885  he  was  transferred  by  the  Supreme  Court  to  the  Ap- 
pellate Court  for  the  Second  District. 

I^pon  the  death  in  .Tune,  1878,  of  Judge  Sidney  Breese,  of  Carlyle,  Clin- 
ton Co.,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Gov.  Shelby  M.  Cullom  to  fill  the  vacancy  of  eleven  months 
tbereliy  occasioned.  In  .lune.  1888,  he  was  elected  by  the  people  of  the 
First  Supreme  Court  District  by  a  majority  of  over  .3.100.  to  be  a  .Justice  of 
that  Court  for  a  term  of  nine  years. 

Judge  Baker  comes  of  old  patriotic  Itevnluntionary  stock.  His  paternal 
great-grandfather  was  a  private  soldier  in  the  Connecticut  Line,  and  died 
of  hardships  and  exposure  at  Valley  Forge,  and  his  father's  maternal  grand- 
father was  captain  of  an  American  privateer  during  the  war  for  independence. 

In  politics  .Judge  Baker  has  always  been  a  Republican,  his  first  vote,  in 
1856,  being  for  .John  C.  Fremont  for  President  and  Wm.  H.  Bissell  for 
Governor,  and  he  has  voted  for  every  Republican  candidate  for  Governor 
from  that  day  to  this. 

He  was  married  in  1864  to  Miss  Sarah  Elizabeth  White,  eldest  daughter 
of  Capt.  John  C.  White.  He  has  five  children,  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 
His  eldest  son,  David  .Jewctt  Baker.  Jr..  is  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Twelfth 
United  States  Infantry:  and  .John  White  Baker,  the  younger,  is  a  practicing 
attorney  in  Cairo.  The  eldest  daughter,  Mary  B.  Galiger,  lives  at  Gaines- 
ville. Tex.,  and  Margaret  and  (Genevieve  F.  reside  at  home  with  their 
parents.    In  1807  Judge  Baker  removed  to  Chicago. 

"MOIiN    C.    BOWI^JAN.  ...--.  xew    York. 

"^.JOHX  C.  CROW^DER.  .-.---  Liberty  Prairie. 

Was  born  in  Tennessee,  .January  21,  ISoO.  Died  at  Liberty  Prairie,  No- 
vember 17,  1853,  of  consumption,  superinduced  by  too  close  confinement  to 
his  studies  at  Shurtleff  College,  where  he  -vAas  jireparing  himself  for  the 
ministry  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  CluircJi.  He  vras  a  wonderful 
mathematician,  l^rillianl  and  origin;il  as  a  writer,  and  possessed  natural  skill 
as  an  artist. 

*1  GEORGE  GILBERT.  .    -  -  -  -  (Upper  Alton.) 

*vREV.   DAVID   M.   HOWELL.  ...  -  -  (Mascoutah.) 

*y.JOHN  R.  IvEACH.  -------  (Carrollton.) 

*JOSIAH  WALKER   PRESTON.  .  .  .  -  -  Chicago,    111. 

Was  born  at  Warsaw.  N.  Y..  on  the  31st  of  August.  1832,  and  came  W^esl 
with  his  parents  wlien  six  years  of  age.  They  settled  in  Aurora,  111.,  where 
he  lived  until  he  came  to  Shurtleff  College.  At  the  close  cf  his  college  days 
he  wont  to  Oregon,  where  he  resided  several  years,  being  employed  in  the 
office  of  his  brother,  John  B.  Preston,  who  was  at  tbat  time  Surveyor-Geii- 

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eral  of  the  Territory.  Tteturniiifi  to  Alton,  he  m.inifd  .Miss  I'mm.i  Clawsotl. 
oldest  (l;nislit<'r  of  L.  .1.  C'law.sou. 

Ill  lNt;i  lu'  nMnov(>(l  to  Chicapo,  wiuTe  ii."  Im'cmiih'  very  ■iiroininciii  in  eoiii- 
niorcial  cin-los,  boinsj  rro.sldcnt  <if  tiio  Hoard  of  Trndo  diirinn  the  most 
oventfni  pt^riod  of  its  history.  '•Out  of  the  ashes  of  the  preai  ronl1aj;ralifi:i 
of  ISTl  'Miicago's  mart  of  trathe  rose  rhoenix-lilce.  a  lieaiitirnl  moimmriit 
of  hi.?  devoted  energy."  Diirinj;  the  e.\citemeiit  folh)\viii>;  tlie  fire  of  tliat 
year  Mr.  Preston  never  lost  faitli  in  the  fntnre  of  (MiioaRo,  and  before  the 
ruins  of  the  Chamber  of  Comnierfe  were  sutlicieiitly  eool  for  workmen  to 
attempt  the  recovery  of  tlic  j^rain  receipts  and  other  valiinliles  linricd  be- 
neatli  the  criimhlinp  walls,  ho  i)rovided  quarters  for  the  Hoard  on  Canal 
street,  and  commenced  Inisiness  liefore  many  of  its  members  liad  recovered 
from  the  shock. 

He  was  a  man  of  ni/iiriiiiiccnt  iircscnct'.  full  of  kindly  iiiipulse*.  ^rt  nernn.s 
to  a  fault,  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  His  well-rounded  character 
was  above  reproach.  He  was  a  man  of  ixcui.il  and  sunny  temperament,  who 
made  and  retained  friends  everywhere.  .Mr.  rnsron's  useful  and  eventful 
career  was  brought  to  a  sudden  close  in  the  ')'Ai\  year  of  his  ajxe  by  ,1  stroke 
of  apoi)Iexy  May  10.  IH80.    Mrs.  Preston  afterward  removed  to  California. 

t.I.VMES  E.  TANDY.  ( Hoi'l^iii-^viih-.i 

HON.    .JOHN    :\r.    WOODSON.  -  -  mi    Olive    St..    St.    I.oujs,    .Mo 

1849-50. 

♦t(;EORrjE  M.   ATWOOD.  ....  .  .  (Alton. 1 

t.T.XMES  W.   BAILEY. lAlton.i 

*ARAHEL  BROWN. Irvini;.   about    ^f<M. 

♦EVEN  cr.\XIN(HTAM.  -  -  (Brighton.*     I>icd   in  Ore;ron  ab;.ut   ISCT. 

ALBERT   ESTABROOK.  .  -  .  .  -  .  Raymond. 

Born  in  Liberty  Prairie.  Madison  Co.,  111..  September  l.";,  1S,'{0.  workins 
on  the  farm  until  the  fall  of  lS4it,  when  he  entered  Shurtlcff.  In  ilie  sjjrinj; 
of  1S.")0  he  made  ati  <nerland  trip  to  Californi.a.  with  liis  older  bnitlier  ;iiid 
two  other  companions,  beinp  12ti  days  on  the  way  .uid  suffering:  many  hard- 
shijts.  He  remained  in  California,  followinc  various  occupations,  such  as 
milling,  freiirhtim;.  etc..  for  four  years,  wiien  he  returned  home  vi.i  Panama 
and  New  Orleans,  making  the  trip  in  iwenty-si.x  d.iys.  lie  mcm  .arier  re- 
moved to  Iowa,  where  he  w;is  fur  a  time  interested  in  a  saw  mill  ami  L'en- 
eral  st(tre.  A  yt'ar  l;iter  he  settled  at  I'l;iitcvillc.  Wis.,  licin*^  married  In  That 
city  .Fanuary.  1S.">7.  to  .Miss  S:ir:ili  P.voii.cly.  ;ni(l  continuing  his  mercantile 
pursuits. 

.\ft(>r    ten    years    Ik^    loc.-iieil    in    (tnialiM.    wImtc    he    freitrlued    and    hauled 

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supplies  for  the  Union  Pacific  Ry.  Here  his  wife  died,  and  he  went  to  Lan- 
caster Co.,  Neb.,  locating  a  homestead  on  the  site  of  the  city  of  Lincoln.  He 
followed  farming  in  the  West  for  several  years,  but  in  1874,  seized  with 
an  irresistible  longing  for  a  home  in  his  dear  native  State,  he  returned  to 
Illinois,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Montgomery  Co.,  near  Raymond,  where  he 
expects  to  spend  his  reinaining  days. 

He  was  married  in  IM'.it  to  Miss  Clara  King,  a  Madison  Co.,  (ill.)  girl. 

*GEOKCE  I.  FOSTER,  Ph.  B.  .  .  .  .  -         Tecumseh,  Neb. 

"Was  born  in  Haddam.  Conn.,  February  2.').  1.S27.  At  the  age  of  five,  he 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  on  his 
father's  farm  near  Monticello  Senunary  at  Godfrey.  'At  the  age  of  20,  he 
enlisted  in  the  war  Avith  Mexico,  serving  sixteen  months.  Soon  after  his 
leturn  he  entered  Shnrtlefl"  College,  graduating  witli  the  class  of     1854. 

In  1856  he  removed  to  Minnesota,  where  he  remained  two  years  and 
where  he  was  married  to  Mi.ss  Lovina  J.  Pierce.  In  the  fall  of  1858  he,  with 
his  wife,  returned  to  Illinois,  settling  in  .Terseyville,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  teaching  and  surveying  until  18S5,  when  he  went  West  and  located  on  a 
farm  near  Tecumseh,  Neb.,  where  his  death  oceiu-red  September  15.  1886. 
Mr.  Foster  was  converted  at  an  early  age,  uniting  with  the  Baptist  Church. 
For  many  years  he  taught  the  Bible  class  in  the  .Terseyville  Baptist  Sabbath 
(School.    He  left  a  wife  and  five  children. 

*tBYRON  L.   GREGORY.  - (Whitehall.) 

*tMATTITEW  GRIFFIN.  ....--  (Fayetteville.) 

REV.  .TOSEPHUS  BRADFORD  HOPPS.  -  -  -  Wilsonton,  Kan. 

Born  July  22,  1822,  in  the  Province  of  New  Brunswick.  AVhen  about  21 
years  old  he  went  to  sea,  as  was  the  habit  of  many  of  the  "Blue  Noses." 
After  traversing  the  rolling  waves  for  a  couple  of  years  he  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, where  he  engaged  in  farming.  Ere  long  he  felt  a  calling  to  fit  himself 
for  the  ministry.  After  two  years  of  hard  study  in  Shurtleff  he  went  with 
his  bosom  friend,  David  Howell,  to  St.  Clair  Co.,  111.,  where  he  taught  schoo: 
for  a  time  and  on  the  8d  of  February,  1850.  married  ?kliss  ]\Lary  Jane  Fike. 

On  April  9,  1850.  he  and  his  wife  and  lier  fatlier's  family  started  ovei 
the  plains  in  ox  teams  for  California,  his  intention  being  to  obtain  enougli 
gold  to  enable  hiju  K\n  return  and  complete  his  education  at  Old  ShurtletT. 
while  his  wife  .studied  at  :Monticello.  But  alas  for  human  hopes!  TWenty- 
two  years  elapsed  before  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopps  could  return,  and  the  story 
of  famine,  sickness,  deaths  and  losses  on  the  plains  and  in  tlit-  mining  camps 
would  make  interesting  reading.  He  returned  eastwjird  in  1872.  finally  locat- 
in  Wilsonton,  Kan. 

Rev.  Hopps  has  ever  tried  to  uphold  Clu-isf  as  the  Savior  of  men.  nnd 
during  his  residence  In  Kansas  he  has  organized   a    Baptist  Church   in   his 

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citj-.   bolnj?  instruiiK'iir.'iI    rer-<'ntl.v    in    flic   crcctidii   of   .-i.   licaniiful    liousc   of 
worship.   whi<"h   is  oiitiicly   free  f'roiii   ili-tit. 

IJEV.  JOHN  I!.  .lACKSnX.  I ».  1  >.  .-.tjc,  Muiiin,.  Ave.  Ciiic;!;:!).   III. 

Was  horn   NovciuIkt  7.    Is'.l'.   iic.-ir  <':uTnllt(iii.    111..   wImtc   he   rrsidfil   tiiiiil 

tlio  fall  of   \SV.l    u  licii   lie      wiMil    to  SliiirilclT  Colic;:)-  (o   tak4>  some     special 

stiitlios  prcpar.ilnry  in  a   .•  misc  in   sncilicinc.     lie  eliaiiijed   his  jilati,   howt-ver. 

eoncludini:  to  take  llu'  full  classical  course,  which  lie  coiiipl(*.ei:  in  lS."i."). 

Having  inciinv  liile  h«'en  converted  diii-in,i;  a  series  of  juiweifiil  revival 
nieetin.ixs  <-iinilii(ied  liy  liie  .<  I,  Itraicd  i;ider  .I.i.mIi  Kn:iii]i.  yonn.i,'  .lackson 
deci(h>(l  to  devote  his  life  to  the  Lord's  set  \  ice.  OnlMiiied  ]ins!oi-  <d'  tiie 
Bai>tist  Churcii  at  \'ii(l"ii.  111.,  in  Noveinhcf.  lS'i.">.  he  continued  to  s(>rve  th:il 
church  until  ISf.o.  when  he  entered  the  Kochester.  (.\.  V.i  Thodo.iric.il  Semi- 
nary, liis  class  hoiufi  tlie  tirst  to  take  the  extended  (three  years)  course.  He 
18(i7.  when  he  went  to  Chica.i.'o  to  cn^ajre  in  work  for  the  l{ai)tist  rnioii 
hocanie  pastor  .it  Alliion.  N.  Y..  in  .May.  ISC:',.  rcmainin.i:  the:.-  ,<iitll  .Iann:ir;.. 
Theoloiiical  Seminary,  wliich  ojieii;'!!  with  a  I'lill  cuursi'  of  stinly  tli(»  fol- 
lowing' October.  In  ili;il  instiliitinn  he  w  ;is  for  sDnie  yi-ars  !'rofess,ir  of 
Church    History. 

Upon  resiiiniiii;'  this  nositien  in  ISTo.  in'  w;is  offered  the  chair  of  .New 
Testament  Kx(>:j:esis  in  Shurileff.  and  at  ilie  same  lime  a  professnrship  in 
the  oUl  I'liiversity  of  ('hicatiu.  After  careful  consideration  both  pioJYers 
were  decl■!';•;^  Mr.  Jackson's  healtli  havin.s;  hpcome  enfeebled.  For  a  (luarter 
of  a  century  he  has  not  been  able  to  eni^auc  in  active  work  where  fidl 
service  would  be  reijuired.  altiionixh  at  two  different  times  he  served  ihe 
University  Place  uiow  Mem  i--i;il)  Clinrdi  as  actini:  ]):istor-  I'elieved  of  the 
burdens  to  some  extent;  and  was  for  over  live  years  i)astor  of  the  Hyde  Park 
Baptist  (^liurch.   preacliinu  ou^v   oiue  each   Sunday. 

*.TAMES  IJ.   KAY.   M.   I  >.  -  -  -  -  (Payson.i     Henver.    in    IMU. 

*.TOHX  W.   KM:!:I.A.\1>.  .  .  .  .  .  (Jri^r-sville.   in   ]<[>:,. 

♦KORKIIT  LKMEX.  -------  Cnllinsvillc 

HORACE  J.  LOOMIS.  .  -  -  .  4  pitkin  Place.  Pueblo.  Coio. 

A  proiuincnt  ^^>stern  educator,  h.ivinjr  moved  ^Vest  for  the  ])urp(ise  <>f 
repralninc  his  liealfh.  in  which  he  was  successful.  He  has  si>;'nt  many  years 
in  New  .Mexico,  having  been  instrumental  in  buildinjr  up  the  T«'rritorial  Nor- 
mal Scliool  at  Silver  City,  one  of  the  best  educational  institutions  in  the  West. 
Mr.  Loomis  recently  removed  to  Pueblo.  Colo.,  where  he  is  en;;a;:ed  in 
business. 

*P.EN.IAMIN    MASON.  --.-.--  Carr.illinu. 

The  (ddest   son  nf  l>i-.  Ceo.  B.  Mason,  late  of  Creeiu'  Co..    111.:  fnrmerly  of 

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Lancaster,  (larrard  Co.,  Ky.,  whero  Benjamin  was  born  in  the  year  1831. 
Tlie  family  settled  on  a  farm  about  ten  miles  east  of  Carrollton,  in  April, 
1846. 

After  some  time  spent  In  study  at  Shurdeft'  College,  he  read  law,  after- 
"ward  locating  in  Coiorado,  where  he  remained  for  several  years,  being  Judge 
■of  the  Miners'  Court  in  the  Black  Hawk  District.  In  the  spring  of  18G2  he 
returned  to  Illinois,  entering  into  a  law  partnersliip  with  Hon.  H.  C. 
Withers,  of  Carrollton.  In  1864  he  warmly  supported  Lincoln  for  the 
Presidency.  He  was  a  brainy  man,  and  proA-ed  himself  capable  of  filling 
responsible  positions.     He  died  suddenly  at  Carrollton  October  27,  18<>9. 

*REV.  .TOHN  EVELAIID  MOORE.  A.  M.       -  -  -  -  Maysville,  Mo. 

Baptist  clergyman.  Ordained  August,  1S.j4.  I'astor,  Brigliton,  111.,  1854; 
Woodburn  and  Bunker  Hill,  111.,  1854-50;  Auburn,  Kan.,  185G-G2.  Member 
Kansas  Legislature,  lSGl-02.  In  U.  S.  Militarj  Service,  18G2-GG.  Pastor  at 
Woodlnirn,  111.,  18G6-G9;  Perry,  111.,  18G9;  Maysville,  Mo.,  18G9-T5.  Died  De- 
cember, 5,  1875. 

*lREZIN  H.  C.  NOEL. -  (Winchester.) 

*KOBERT  N.  RATTAN.  .  -  .  -  (Upper  Alton.)     Richmond,  Va. 

Was  born  April  15,  1834,  in  Tireene  Co..  111.  His  father,  Merrill  Rattan, 
was  of  a  family  very  prominent  in  the  pioneer  liistory  of  the  couuiy.  He 
went  West  in  18.54.  without  completing  his  course  at  Shiirtleff..  He  won 
considerable  celebrity  as  a  scout  in  Colorado,  being  familiarly  known  among 
the  Indians  asi  "The  (grasshopper."  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion 
he  volunteered  in  a  Kansas  regiment,  was  captured  somcAvliere  in  Tennes- 
see, and  died  of  starvation  in  Llbby  Prison  in  18G4. 

♦MARCUS   LINDSAY   TUNNELL.  .  .  .  -  Rockdale,    Tex. 

Son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  G.  (Parker)  Tunnell;  was  born  near  Glasgow,  Ky., 
February  7,  1831.  After  leaving  Sluirtleff  lie  was  married  in  Winchester, 
111.,  February  7,  1853,  removing  to  Texas,  where  he  was  iby  turns  teacher, 
lawyer,  physician  amd  preacher.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Ashbel  Smith, 
of  Galveston.    He  served  in  the  Confederate  army  for  four  years. 

Mr.  Tunnell  died  in  the  fall  of  1887.  He  was  of  Huguenot  ancestry.  In 
religion  a  Methodist,  baptized   by  immersion. 

1850-51. 

REV.  GEORGE  W.   S.  BELI;.  ------  Tallula. 

Served  during  the  Civil  War,  being  mustered  in  as  First  Lieutenant  of 
Company  F,  Twelfth  Kansas  Infantry,  being  afterward  promoted  to  the  Cap- 
taincy of  the  same  company.  Has  for  many  years  been  engaged  in  the 
w^ork  of  the  Gospel  minislry,  and  is  now  pastor  of  tlie  Baptist  Church  at 
Tallula. 

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REV.   SAMFKI.    lUSHOl'.    A.    ^[..    .M.    I>. 
All  Mrdcnt   rrdliililtiniiisi. 

t\\  II.I.IA.M    I..   IIT-N\. 


HI<in||ilii;;|i!ll. 


(Si.   Louis,   Mo.) 

.F.\Mi:s  w.  i.i:\i:Ki;i"r.  .\.  w.  -         -         -       (Jrirs.-i.  st.  cinii- (■<-..  .Mo. 

Allcr  Icaviiii;-  SlmillctT  ('ollciri'.  In-  irrniliinli-il  .it  .\i:iilisi»ii  mow  Col- 
gatt')  rniviM'siiy.  llaiiiiltoii.  \.  V..  ainl  tlicii  hi'  taiiy:lit  scIkkiI  for  a  iiuiiilitT 
of  jvars,  afrorwanl  oditiii};  a  lunvspapiM-  m  Hla<k  Kivcr  Falls.  Wis.  Three 
years  later  he  en.^ra^ed  in  the  Imuher  bnsiness.  in  wlildi  he  cnntiinieil  for 
eighteen  jears.  at  Iforton.  Kan..  Sioux  I'alls.  S.  1»..  and  Sabciha.  Kan.  lie 
is  at  present  eimajicd  in  fruit  l';irniinL:  .ii  <;rie-.rl.  Mo. 

'WILLIAM   LEVERETT.  .  .  .  -  .  I'.uiion.    .\d.inis   Co. 

His  youth  was  spent  on  his  fatlier's  laini  in  .\dainv  Cn.,  ill.  Coavi-h.d  .-it 
an  early  age.  he  deterndned  to  devote  his  lile  to  the  «;ospel  niinisiry.  lie 
was  faithful,  nioiU'st  and  ocniscieniions.  In  the  snniiner  of  iv.'.l.  .irirr  his 
first  and  only  year  at  Shurtleff,  he  contracted  cholrra  on  ijie  siciinhoat.  while 
returnin.g  to  his  home.  an<l  died  soon  afterward. 


*TIIOMAS  E.  :sirI>().\.\Ll>. 


{.l.icUsonvilie.i     SiocUion.  Cal..   in  ^'^<S7^. 


CAPT.  (WLVIX  A.  PEASE.  -  -  CI.")  S.  Sixth  St..  Sitriii.-li<dd. 

Born  in  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  NoviMnher  .Jo.  ISiiT.  His  luiicnts'  f.iniily.  nine 
in  all.  cani(»  West  in  1834,  laudin.g  al  .Vlton  in  November,  of  iliis  lar.ire  famil.v 
only  one  orh.er  survives,  Mrs.  Lydin  I'e.ise-I'riTchetr.  of  .lerseyville.  As  ;i  lad 
he  attended  tlie  school  of  "l-'ailici'  Loomis"'  in  rjiper  .Vlton,  and  some  ye;irs 
later  completed  half  of  the  classical  course  in  Shnrlleff  ('(dle,ire. 

Since  then  he  has  spent  about  twenty  years  in  teachin.L'.  served  tliree 
years  in  the  Pnion  army  dnrinij:  llie  Kebellion.  ilie  I'cmainder  <d"  his  lif(> 
havin.g  been  devoted  to  mtMcaniile  inirsnits.  iiiiiil  l.'^M.  wlieii  hi'  w.is  com- 
pelled  to  retir"  from  more  active  life.  oMin.u  to  ilie  iutiriniiies  of  .lue.  air- 
gravated  by  army  life. 

A  member  of  the  liaptist  Clmrcji  for  tifty-si.x  years.  Ciiii.  I'e.ise  has 
spent  about  forty  in  Sunday  School  work,  endeavoring  to  le.nl  tlie  children 
under  his  intiuence  to  a  higher  life  in  thought  ami  practice.  He  was  married 
April  2,  18.">9.  and  has  seven  diildren.  all  grown. 

*REV.  (JEORdE  ABEL  PEASE.  A.  P..  .  .  .  .  I'.iirbury.   Xel). 

Older  brother  of  Calvin  A.;  was  liorn  .lune  L\  l.s.'.o.  ;ii  o.iU  or.h.ird. 
Orleans  Co.,  N.  V.  His  parents  i-enioved  to  Ipper  .Mion  in  l.s:U.  and  .•ifter 
ward  to  . Jersey  Co..  111.,  where  he  attended  tlie  eommnu  schools.  In  M.-irch. 
1S."»L  he  entered  SlmrtletT  Coliege.  .ind  in  ilie  following  three  iiionlhs  made  .-i 
yt'ar's  piMgress.  Being  nn.ible  to  aiiend  colle.ire  c<inlinuotisly.  he  t.anght 
.school  for  a  lime  and  pursued  liis  siudies  al  home,  linally  completing  ilie 
course  in  LS.'tC.  He  eniered  ilie  ministry  ihc  following  .November.  ;ind  was 
for  three  years  i);istoi-  of  the   B.-ijuisi   chinch  ai   old    Berlin.    111.     His  voice 


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failing,  he  was  compelled  to  turn  his  attention  to  other  pnrsuits.  In  May, 
ISoO,  he  -was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  Anne  Locke.  He  served  a  short  time 
as  a  volnnteer  in  the  Union  armj'. 

His  constant  desire  was  to  preach,  and  in  1S71  he  re-entered  the  ministry, 
but  after  a  year  at  Stonington  and  one  at  AssnmplJnn.  111.,  his  voice  again 
failed  and  he  finally  left  the  ministry.  March  4.  1878,  he  removed  to  Fair- 
bury,  Neli.,  engaging  in  mercantile  pursuits  with  fair  success. 

Mr.  Tease's  consistent  Christian  character  impressed  itself  upon  tlie  com- 
munities where  he  lived.  He  filled  various  local  ottices  of  responsibility,  his 
judgment  being  held  in  high  esteem.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  student  of 
Latin  and  Greek,  and  in  his  last  years  enjoyed  reading  the  New  Testament 
in  the  original.  His  death  occurred  March  4,  18S1».  sixteen  years  to  an  liour 
from  the  time  he  first  settled  there. 

*JOHN  G.  rOTTS.  ------  Wincliester.  in  1895. 

*tRKV.  WILLIA:\r  KOl-iEIlTS.  -----  (Upper  Alton.) 

'HENRY  C.  SPEAKS.  -------  Tallula. 

Was  born  August  21,  18o2,  on  a  farm  near  '{"alliiia.  Menard  Co.,  111.,  wliere 
his  youth  was  spent,  attending  the  district  school  in  winter  and  doing  the 
work  of  a  farm  hand  in  the  summer.  He  was  converted  in  the  winter  of 
1S48-0,  uniting  with  tlie  (Mary's  (4rove  Baptist  Cliui'ch.  of  wliicli  lie  was  a 
consistent  and  faithful  member  until  his  death.  lie  served  the  Churcli  fur 
many  years  in  tlu>  various  positittns  of  Heacoii,  Clerk,  Treasui-er  and  Super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  School. 

Mr.  Spears  attended  ShurtlelT  for  about  eigliteeu  iiuintlis.  He  was  united 
in  marriage  January  12,  1854,  to  .Martha  11.,  daughter  of  Kev.  .T.  L.  Turner. 
a  Baptist  minister. 

In  August,  18(52,  he  volunteered  as  a  soldier  in  the  late  Avar,  serving  about 
a  year  and  a  half  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  Illinois  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, when  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He  died  on  the  Kith  day  of 
November,  1862.  honored  and  respected  by  all  Avho  kn(Mv  him.  and  in  full 
hope  of  the  life  beyond. 

*tSlMON  J.  STOOKEY.  -  -  -  (Centerville  Station,  St.  Clair.  Co.) 

EEV.  CYRUS  F.  TOLMAN,  D.  D.  -  -  G9  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

District  Secretary  American  Baptist  Missicmary  ITuion. 
JOHN  W.  TRABUE,  ]\I.  D.  ------  Butler.  Mo. 

JAMES    J.    TRUSCOTT.  -  -  -  Benjamin,    Knox    Co.,    Tex. 

*EDWARD  G.  TURNER.  -  -  -  -  Denmark.  la..  Al)out  1887. 

Came  to  ShurtlefT  College  from  Quincy.  111.  ISIarried  Miss  Carrie  Taze- 
well, of  Upper  Alton.  afterAvard  removing  to  Denmark,  la.,  where  most  of 
the  remainder  of  his  life  Avas  spent.  His  Avife  and  a  married  son  siu-vive, 
the  latter  living  in  Indianapolis,  the  former  in  Burlington,  la. 

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Pl.ATH  "A." 


,    Albert  Estabiook.    49- 
2    •John  Freeman.    43- 
,    .teorfie  I.  Foster.   49- 
,    David  Rankin.   5^, 
5.  Albert  C.  Keenc,    5« 
♦  Deceased. 


6  Fdwatd   C.     ..UK-..    '5^ 

7  Ebene/er\\l>'tnc>.   <•> 
»■  Robert  H   Sii.itb.    5S 

.J  •James  W,  Hell,    s. 


I'.lw.ud  Ki'duers.  '57- 
,    .'Nicl.olabA.Boyer.   57 
',,.  Uenrv  A.  War. .e,   56- 
,       S    S    Olinstead.   03. 


\l  Sa.....el  ].  Delapla.ne.   4/ 
7    GeofRe  1).  Thomas,   ja. 


1851-52. 

VLKONAUI.    A  I. A  MS  i  i  l.nll.y.    Mmssj 

MAMKS  W.  i:i;i,I..  I'h.  l;.  .  ,)„  ^mv  t..  Sl.  L..uis.  Mu. 

linrii   in   Sjiii-MiiKiii   Cu..    111..   S.  piniilici-  js.    IM'T.    liviii-    wiili    his   pniciiiN 

on   tho   farm   uulil    ninrin-    Slmi-tli'lT   Collc^:!-.     ( IrMdiLitiiii.^    in    iln-   scii'iitilic 

C'()ursi>  ill  1S."»:{,   hi'  id.iU  clMrjic  of  ili(>  I'otcrslim-   lli-li   Si-liu..l.   holdiiitr  lliis 

poslriou    until    ilic   (  ivil    ^\■.■u•   lirdkf   out.    wiicii    In-   ciilisifd    in    CuMiii.inv     I". 

Oui>  Ilnndrod  and  Fourteenth  Illinois  Inrantry.  serviui;-  wilh  disiinctinii  until 

taken  shk   in  liie  vicinity  of  N'icksltnr,-.  and  ordered  to  the  Imsiiiial   near  St. 

Louis.  .Mo.    lledi"d  on  liie  way.  NoveiidK'r  11'.   INt;."!.  his  remains  lieini;  brott^'hl 

home  and   l.iid   to   icsi    in   Die   Inioii  Cemetery. 

Some  years   hofore    liie   w.w.    .Mr.    I'.ell    \\;is    married    to    .Mary    K.    I'arley. 

tluve  ehildreii  ln-inji-  horn   to  liieni.    llnrarc   i:.,   uf  ( 'iiiea.u«>.   and   .Mrs.    Lillian 

Hamilton,  of  Delhi.  111.,  survivin,:;. 

A  loyal  soldier,  a  uood  citizen  and  ;i   lirm  iiclicver  in   llic  rcliiiion  cd'  .Icsus 

Christ,  dyin.u-  triunip]i;intly  in   the  f;iilh   that   saves  tlie  soul. 


*tKr»AAI\  .1.  HKMKNT. 
*.TA\:ES  li.  UEKNAKI). 


iChcsterlield.    M;n-i.u|iin   Co  i 

-((.iuiiicy.i     St.  .loscpli.   .Mo..  .Iul\.   iN'.tT. 

*ALEXAXI)EU  X.  CIIOWDEU.  .  .  .  .  .  r.altimore.   .Md. 

liorii  in  Illinois  March  2,  1832.  Ilemoved  to  r.aliiiiuiri'  in  iscd.  w  liere  he 
enya.iied  in  the  jrrocery  business,  t-ontinuin.i:-  tlie  same  IHr  oNcr  iliiriy  ye;irs. 
He  died  id'  lieart  disease  .laiiuary  2.").  1S'.>7.  leavinu  a  u  idow  auil  sever.il 
itfowii  children. 


•;CIIAKLES    \V.    IMNLAT. 


(.I:icksiinville.) 


KE\'.  lIE.MiV   U'lllEK  FIELD.   .V.   .M..   I'..    D.         -  -  Kalam.i/.n,..    .Mich. 

Was  l)(U-n  .M;iy  8,  1833,  on  a  farm  iie.ir  .Xnrlli  S|irin.ulicid.  \"l.  His  pifpar- 
atory  education  was  roceivi'd  at  l^'ranklin  C(ille.i:i'.  Ind.  lie  entered  Sliurtleff 
in  the  f;ill  of  ls.")l.  urjidu.atin,::'  Ifom  the  classical  coitrse  in  ls.">T.  lie  .also 
completed  the  llieologieal  course  in  .htne.  ISC.S.  and  w.is  p.isior  ;ii  .M.-nntoket:!. 
la.,  18(iS-7n.     He  was  married  to  .Miss  .Mary   L.   Sc.iver.  .Iniie  2:i.   lNf.!>. 

Later  he  enjiaged  in  missionary  work  umler  the  auspices  id"  the  .\merican 
Baptist  Fuhlication  S(H-;ety:  was  A;:'ent  (d'  Shurtl(>fl'  CoIle.ue  fur  .i  yen-,  aisn 
teaehinj:  school  in  I'pper  .\llon  for  a  nuiniicr  (d'  yc.ir~^.  His  p.istoiates  h.-i  ,e 
incluiled  West  Point.   I:i..  .\(dxi>mis.   111.,  .lud    Kaidoul,   111. 

He  was  .-iciively  en.ua.i;i'd  in  I  lie  Fnited  Slates  .Milit.ary  service  durini:  ilie 
entire  Civil  War.  niiikin.ir  a  lirilliani  rec(n-d  ;ind  litially  liec(uninu-  .M.i.jiir  nf  the 
One  Hundred  and  'rwentyd'i>.iri  h    Illinois  Ue.uMinent.    .\m.    \nlunte<'rs. 

*.I(>IIX   I'lELD.   A.   I'-.  -  Ossa waltiinne.    K.in..   .Inly  :'..    IN'.Ci. 

After  ,:ir;iduatin.ii-  from  Sluiiticff  in  .lune.   is.'i.'..  he  lau-lit   schcnd  in  Sprim:- 


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ticld.  Ill  ,  for  t\\o  years;  arti'rwanl  at  I'leasaiit   I'lains.  111.,  Jasper  ("ity.  Iiul., 
and  Wellsville,  Kan. 

VllOV.  EBEXEZEK  :MAKSH,  A.  M..  Ph.  D.  -  -  -  Upper  Alton. 

A.  M.  Harvard  University;  Pli.  D.,  University  of  (ioettingen.  Student  in 
Graduate  Department,  Harvard  University,  lo52-3.  Student  at  Heidelberg 
and  Goettingen,  1853-55.  Hunter  Lecturer  on  Chemistry.  Geology  and  Mmei- 
alogy,  ShurtlefC  College,  185!;-(')::;.  Chemist  and  Druggist.  Altoi^  and  Upper 
Alton,  1863  to  date. 

JAilES  MINEIt,   M.   D.  -  -  -  -  -  ^  Winchester. 

Was  born  in  Winchester,  ill.,  January  l(i,  1835.  Alt-nded  S!'i;rt\^ff  C(j1- 
lege,  1851-54.  (iradualed  at  Jcllerson  Medical  (JoUege.  Philadelphia.  I'a., 
class  of  18G1.  Commissioned  Surgeon  April.  1802.  by  Gov.  lates.  to  go  to 
Shiloh.  September,  18C.2,  commissioned  First  Assistant  Surgei-n.  One  Hun- 
dred and  First  Regiment  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry. 

Member  Morgan  Co.  Medical  Society,  Illinois  State  Medical  Society  and 
American  Medical  Associalion. 

*tLlAIXGFIELD  ^lOKE.  A.  M.,  M.  I).  -  -  -  -  (Upper  Alton.) 

fLUCIUS   M.    OLDEN.  ..--.-  (Woodburn.i 

tG.   S.   POMEKOY.  ..-----  Kiuincy.* 

WILLIAM  M.  POTTS.  -------  Whitehall. 

M.   B.    IIOBIXSON.  ------  (Edwardsville.j 

PvEUBEN  H.  WEEKS,  A.  M.,  B.  I).  -  -  -  (Not  traced  to  date.; 

Was  born  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y..  September,  1833.  CGii\erted  aud  bap- 
tized at  Canton,  111.,  in  1848.  Took  his  preparatory  course  of  study  at 
Shurtleff,  entering  in-esliman  Class  of  Madison  University  (now  Colgate)  in 
1853,  graduating  in  1857,  and  from  the  Theological  Dept.,  in  1859.  :Married 
Miss  Samantha  Keed.  of  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  September  12.  1859.  P-istor  of 
Baptist  Church  in  Monticello,  Minn..  November,  1859.  afterward  holding 
pastorates  at  Henrietta,  Carlton  and  Sand  Lake,  X.  Y. 
tPAIiKER  J.   WHITXBY.  .-..-.  (Boston,    Mass.) 

S852-53. 

A\'.  C.  CALI>\VELL.         -...---        Loami,  Sang;jmon  Co. 

*-?nOF.   (JEOPiGE   BOAKDMAX    D0IK4E,   A.    M.  -  -  Upper   Aitnu. 

He  Avas  born  at  Jerseyville.  111.,  February  27.  18b f.  Entered  Shartleft' 
Preparatory  Depr.  in  1S51,  becoming  an  active  member  of  the  Juvenile  De- 
bating Society.  During  tlie  four  years  of  his  college  course  he  was  aji  active 
member  of  the  Alj)ha  /eta  Society,  only  college  classmen  being  permitted  at 
this  tim(>  to  join  tlie  regular  literary  society.     He  graduated  Avith  tlie  degree 

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of   A.    I>.,    in   1S."(T.     Id'iivcrcd    tlic    .M;is|fr"s   Oniiimi    nnd    n  ci-ivrd    ilic   (lci,'i-,'( 
(il    A.   M.  ill  l.V(i(». 

I'nif.  Ddd.irc  I.-ni.ulil  Inr  niiii'  .vc.-irs  in  tlic  iiisiitiitinii  lUr  <lc;ir  nml  duuil' 
Jit  .iMcksiiiivillt'.  Ill  Oil  ilic  IMli  id'  July.  iSdT.  In'  wjis  iiianii'd  at  tli.it  ciiy 
U)  M.ir.v  L(ird  Kiiiirslnir.\ .  He  tlii'ii  lau.irlii  in  ilif  piililic  scimrds  id'  ("mtralia, 
111.,  uniil  l>7n.  wlu'ii  In-  ai-rculi'd  Ilii'  im.<itiuii  id  I'lim-lii.il  nC  SluirtlidT  I'l-c- 
p.-ii-.-iioiy  I »(  p.iiiiiu  III,  hnldiiiiLj  tills  posili.iii  lor  iwidvc  yrars.  .•iflcrward  Ikmiij^ 
iiiadr  I'liniipal  id'  tlif  LittT.iry  I  >('i»;iriiiit'nt  of  Wynian  In.-;tltnto. 

In  l.ssCi  he  ri'ast'd  t'.Midiiiii;  and  went  inia  tin-  n-al  rstatc  liu.siiit'ss  in  Si. 
Louis,  in  wliicdi  ln'  was  cimiincd  .it  tin-  time  id'  liis  dcatii.  Ki  ii;-.;ary  7.   IMU. 

Prof.  I>odj;c  w.is  a  in;ij;iiilircnt  spii-inn'ii  id'  syinnirtrir;il  Clirisiian  man 
liDod.  Till'  studmts  'i:id<cd  ujuin  liiin  as  a  nuidid  to  iinil.'iic  His  stronf;  and 
ji't-nial  iii'i  sdiialily  liad  ili;'  nuiSi  wludcsunu'  inllmnrc  npnn  Il-f  iivi-s  of  aP 
w>.li  wliiiin  lu'  assiic-iatrd.  and  he  led  liis  inipils  to  lidtiiT  idtals.  in>pirin;:  tin  ni 
to  tlicir  liijilu'st  ciTorls  to  nalizi'  ilu'ir  lu'si.  Hr  w.is  a  in.-in  id  rar;'  rxcrntiv, 
aliility.  and  wondcrlnl  powi'j-  as  iraclnr  .-iiid  lin.incicf.  Km-  iiiany  ycir.s 
prior  to  his  death  Treasurer  ol'  SliurtUdt  Cidlejie  and  tlie  Ipper  Alinn  li.ip 
tist  ('linreli.  he  was  also  tlie  rriuisilory  id"  many  other  trusts. 

Fidtlitv  to  diilv  w.is  ilic  kev-iuitc  of  his  rii.irjieler. 


*EIAVAIfl>    l>()KSi:V. 
vI'EKRY   .1.    FISIIKK. 

T.OYAL  ]'.  (;U1SW()L1>. 
r.TOIIN  C.  HAUDrASTLE. 

REV.  EZEKIEL  KIX.MAX. 
*('HAKLES  ("ARUOL   LAW  IJENCE. 

KOBEKT  W.   LE.MEN. 
tW.  B.  LOOM  IS. 
*UEV.  TUrM.VX   S.   LOWE.   A.   15. 


I'piier    Alt  lit. 

il'rrryi 

Whileh.lll. 

K'.-irndliuii  i 

Bhionditdd.  la. 

Collinsville. 

I''ri  elilllL'. 

rohdeii.  .I.iimarv.   1""^4. 


KEY.  .lOSEl'lI  (".  MAl'l.E.  I>.  1».  .  -  -  -  .  Tienimi.  M... 

"Was  horn  Xoveinlier  18,  Uli'^,  in  Ouenisey  Co..  o.,  and  ai  the  ;i;:('  nf  ■'■ 
came  to  Teoria  Co..  111.,  with  his  parents.  Wlieii  he  had  ;:rowii  to  y.uini; 
manhood  he  entered  Sluntletf  CoHejre  to  I'l  himself  for  his  lil'v'-wnrU.  jrr:>'- 
eatin;;  in  the  idassieal  eonre  .Inne.  ISoT.  and  reeeiviuf;  the  de>rrei'  of  A.  .M. 
in  l>':iii.  'I'lie  luiiiorary  drui'ei'  of  l>.  1 ».  was  afterward  conferred  uii.ni  him 
liy  William  .lewell  ('idlei^e.  and  also  l>y   r.aylor  I'niversity.   Waco.  Tex. 

Imiiiidi.-iti  ly  I'poii  his  i;r;idiialiuii.  Itev.  .Majth^  lir-.uMii  to  iire.-ich  in  Cape 
(Jir.irdean.  .Mo..  In  in^'  ordained  to  the  otlii-e  in  Octoher.  l."""!?.  lie  w.is  m.i'"- 
ried  the  livth  of  Septemlier.  IVi.v.  to  S.irali  E  .lnden.  .Vfter  siiemlinu  sevcr.a' 
years. -It   C.ipr  Cir.irde.-iii  in  ilic  dniildc  r.ip.niiy  ,i['  pasiu-  ;ind  sidioo]  tcacln  r. 


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lie  was  enlknl  in  18(j4,  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Fh-st  Baptist  Church,  Oweiis- 
boro,  Ky.,  entering  upon  tlie  duties  of  liis  new  held  iu  January,  1865.  Some 
years  later  he  moved  Avestward  on  aceoaut  of  his  health,  accepting  the  pas- 
torate of  the  First  Baptist  Cliurch  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  Was  afterward  pas- 
tor iu  Springfield,  ]Mo.,  and  again  at  Cape  Girardeau,  and  was  offered  the 
Presidency  of  Stephens  College,  Columbia,  Mo.,  but  declined  tlie  position. 

He  was  commissioned  ))y  the  Governer  of  Missouri  to  represent  the  State 
at  the  World's  Exposition,  Paris,  France.  During  liis  absence  he  visited 
several  other  European  countries,  sending  back  grapliic  descriptions  for  pub- 
lication in  the  Central  Baptist,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

For  eight  years  Dr.  Maple  was  Cliairman  of  tlie  Stale  Mission  Board  of 
Missouri.  While  pastor  at  Marshall,  Mo.,  tlie  church  under  his  leadership 
erected  a  house  of  wor.ship  which  is  one  of  the  handsomest  and  best  build- 
ings in  Central  Missouri.  From  Marshall  he  Avent  to  Keokuk,  la.,  in  the 
fall  of  188U.  This  church  had  had  much  to  discourage  it,  but  during  the 
more  than  ten  years  of  Dr.  Maple's  pastorate  there  has  been  steady  gi-O'wth 
and  aAvakening. 

January  1,  1898,  Dr.  Maple  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Tren- 
ton, Mo.,  his  present  home. 

JOSEPH  M.   MILLER. 


(Clinton.) 

Lamed,  Kan. 

(St.  Louis,  Mo.) 

Virdeu. 

(Clinton.) 

Winchester. 

(Godfrey.) 

GEORGE  D.  THOMAS.  -  -  -  Thomas   House,    Belleville.    111. 

General  Agent  Wilkinson's  Matchless  Mineral  Water  of  Alabama. 

HON.  NATHANIEL  WILSON,  LL.  D.,    !>12  Farragut  Square,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Lawyer. 

ROBERT  S.  YOUNG.  -  -  -  100-12  N.  Main  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Of  the  firm  of  Funsten  Bros.  &  Co.,  commission  merchants. 


tRE\ 

REV.  JOHN  H.  MIZE. 
1  GEORGE  W.  ORME. 

ABEL  S.  RANDOLPH. 
*tWILLIAM  RANDOLPH,  JR.,  Ph.  B. 

DAVID   RANKIN. 
tBENJAMIN   G.    SMITH. 


*tREV.   DANIEL  E.   ALVORD. 
tJAMES  A.  BEEN. 
*tHENRY  W.  BOWERS,  A.  M. 
*tSANDERS  BURGESS. 


1853-54. 


(Hamilton.) 

(Red  Bud.) 

(Alton.) 

(Sulphur  Springs,  Mo.) 


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tEZRA    1).    I».\\IS().\.  ......         (Ciovcl.iii.l  1 

*KEV.  (JKUUiJi:  r.  (ilir.LV  .\.  Nf.  IMiilndflphiM.  I'm. 

li;i]»tist  clcr'^yni;  'I.     l''isi(ir.iii's   in    lllimiis  mid    Wi-;cniisiii.     I  >i(v'   ;il    I'iiil:i 
(I('Ililii;i,    r.i..    Aju-ll    'i,    18!iii. 

*ZAC(iii-:rs  w  ALLiiif  noiu:s,  a.  n.         -         -         -         -         ipiMi-  aiii.h. 

W;is  honi  in  ls.31  ihmi-  ("l.iyinii,  Adiiuis  Ci...  111.,  ilii-  I'.iiiuly  aftiTw.-ird 
rt'ii:f>vin;r  {v  Fnirwcatlicr.  wIkm-i'  lie  \v:is  ciiiiviTlcd  ;it  ilic  ;i.uf  nf  11.  Hi-  \\;is 
oajicr  for  .•ui  ('ducMlidii.  and  diii-iii.ir  :i  iioruid  of  tcachinir  at  (''•iyt<iii  .Vcidciiiy 
("UTU'd  (III  his  sludics  at  ;ln'  sauii-  liiiH-.  walkiiijr  trmii  hi.><  limiH'  f(Hir  iiiilfs 
to  till'  villa.iTc  and  Itack  every  day.  His  ((iniiii.i;'  lo  Slmrtlclf  Avas  lar^iely  due 
to  the  iiiHiieuce  nf  1  ir.  .Iii<iiis  I'.ulUle.w  lie  graduated  in  l.vr»7  with  the 
honors  of  hi.s  elass.  He  died  nf  l.xjilioid  fe\er  ill  Feltriiai'y.  ISHS.  wa.s  linried 
in  tlio  T'pper  Alloii  Ceiiielery.  wiiere  his  iiassaiales  and  lelhiw  sindeni>' 
erectiHl  a  monnuuni   to  his  m.-ninry. 

Tlioil.iih  laborin.L;  under  in.iny  dillli-uh  ies  and  d.'pi  ndeni  alnmsi  eniii-ely 
upon  liiniself  for  supiunr,  he  diii.uently  cnli.ivaied  his  ;;ifls  and  j;ainod  while 
yet  a  student  a  fine  reputation  as  a  writer,  l.olh  of  essays  anil  poetry,  ^.'iviii;.' 
prouiiso  of  iJiajiniliceiit  achievemenis  as  a  puci.  "His  intellect  was  nf  a  liiirl: 
order,  his  taste  delieate  and  severe,  and  his  inia.uination  rieli  and  fervid" 
Several  roqiio.sts  for  aiiitles  and  luteins  fin-  niau.iy.ines  ,ind  reviews  l.iy  uu 
opened  on  his  tahli'  at  Ilie  time  of  iiis  de.ath. 

•KKV.  .lOIlX   r.   L.VWTO.X.  .--...  Osre.ila.   Mc 

AVa.s  horn  in  Ilartland.  \'t..  Anunsf  l."i,  18JS.  After  attending:  sehool  at 
the  ueadeiny  in  his  native  lown.  he  came  to  ( Jrisffsville,  111.,  in  LSol*.  soon 
afterward  attending'  Shurtleff  rolh-ge  for  a  time.  He  was  ordained  in  ilie 
First  Baptist  Church  of  (iriii'.iisville.  He  was  ni.irried  on  the  1st  of  May. 
18G0,  to  Miss  Mary  I'olloek.  of  tliat  city,  .soon  afterward  removing  to  Kan- 
sas, where  he  enira;:'ed  in  work  under  tin  auspices  i\f  ilie  li.iptist  Home  .Mis- 
sion Sofiety.  AVhen  tlie  Ki^lielliun  lirnke  (Uit  lie  iciunicd  in  Illinois  and  en- 
listed in  file  Thin'y-third  Kej;iiiieiit  Illinois  \"(d(inleers.  at  the  elo.se  cd'  the 
war  loeatiufi  with  his  family  in  St.  ('lair  Co..  .Mn. 

His  life  was  spent  in  teaehinj;  and  preaehinjr.  Seven  years  were  s]»ent 
as  a  missionary  and  teacher  in  the  Indian  Territory  under  the  Anieriean 
Home  Mission  Society.  He  was  a  .ufeai  Sunday  Scluxd  worker,  and  will 
hinu'  he  rememltered  as  one  of  !he  pionei'r  IJaptisis  of  the  Southwest.  His 
de.ith  occnrr(  (1  at  Osceola,   .Mo.,   Octoher  1.1),   iS\)i. 

^\\]]AA.\M  W.\KIM:.\   I>i:VFlM-:T'r.  ....         I.itHe  Ko,  k.  Aik. 

A\;is  horn  in  I'piier  .Vltoli,  .Novemher  '2'2.  IMl.  eldest  S(Mi  of  I'rof.  V\':ii- 
reii  Leverett.  He  was  a  (|niet,  tliou;;htfnl  lioy.  fond  of  study  .-ind  it.iriiiul- 
larly  apt  in  mathematics,  \\hen  oiil.v  17  years  of  a;r"  he  ;:iaduated  from 
Shurtleff  Colleyje  in  the  class  of  1S(>(»  and  afterward  tau^xht  school  at  neiVli- 
l)oriii.ir  towns,  readini,'  Ulackstone  in  his  leisure  time. 

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At  the  call  for  vohinteei's  in  Au,i;iist.  18(i2.  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  C.  One  Hundred  and  TAventy-fourth  Illinois  Infanrry,  Capt.  H.  L. 
Field.  In  XoA-ember  of  the  same  year,  at  Camp  Donglas.  Springfield,  Brig.- 
Gen.  Brayman  made  him  his  confidential  clerk.  Later  on  he  became  Cap- 
tain of  a  colored  company,  and  served  for  a  time  on  Gen.  Palmer's  staff. 
On  one  occasion.  Avliile  liiintin.i;-  guerrillas  in  Western  Kentucky,  he  wrenched 
his  ankle  very  badly  in  clindiing  a  steep  bank.  For  the  next  twenty-four 
hoiirs  he  was  obliged  to  be  in  the  saddle,  and  Avhen  he  coiikl  have  surgical 
aid  it  was  too  late  to  prevent  permanent  lameness. 

After  the  war  was  over  he  studied  law,  first  with  (ien.  Brayman  in  ^-'ipring- 
field.  and  afterward  in  Little  Itock,  Ark.,  wiiere  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
becoming  a  very  successtul  practitioner.  He  was  also  Secretary  of  the 
Cairo  and  Fulton  liy.  for  some  years.  On  .January  .3.  ISTl,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  "S'iola  ]\Iyer.  :Mr.  Leverett  died  at  his  heme  in  Little  Bock  No- 
vember 12,  1874.  He  was  a  man  Avho  poss;>ss9d  remarkable  insight  into  the 
moral  aspect  of  affairs,  was  unflinching  in  Iii.<  adherence  to  riglit,  and  known 
in  business  circles  as  stanch  and  reliable. 

THOMAS  .M.  LONG,  A.  M.  -  -  -  -  Alton. 

Was  born  August  20,  1S3().  in  Baltimore  Co.,  Md.  After  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Illinois,  he  pursued  the  classical  course  <jf  study  in  Shui'tleff  Col- 
lege, graduating  with  the  class  of  1857.  He  afterward  engaged  in  surveying 
and  civil  engineering  as  follows:  Surveyor,  West  District,  :Madisun  Co.,  111.. 
1S58-(J0;  City  Engineer,  Alton.  1800-74:  City  En,a-in&er,  East  St.  Loui.s,  111.. 
1871-8;  County  Surveyor,  :Madi.son  Co.,  1870-71;  City  Engineer,  St.  .Joseph. 
Mo.,  1875-6;  Assistant  Chief  Engineer,  I.  and  St.  L.  By.,  and  Cairo  Short 
Line,  1881-3;  City  Engineer,  Alton,  1882-7;  County  Surveyor,  Buchanan  Co., 
Mo.,  1888;  Chief  Engineer,  R.  L.  and  AV.  B.  B.,  1880;  St.  .J.  and  S.  B.  B.,  1890: 
H.  and  K.  B.  B.,  1891;  K.  C,  F.  S.  and  S.  B.  B..  1892. 

During  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Long  occupied  a  iiosition  in  the  Commissary 
Department  of  the  United  States  army.  The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  was 
conferred  upon  him  l)y  Shurtleff  in  .Tune.  1871.  He  was  married  on  Decem- 
ber 5,  1871,  to  Miss  :\I.  Kercheval.  of  St.  Joseph.  Mo.  His  present  head- 
quarters is  at  Alton,  where  he  is  engaged  in  his  profession. 

tJOSEPH  McKINNEY.  --....  (Jerseyville.) 

tEDGAB  MOBRJS.  ----....        (Quincy.) 

MOHN  W.  BANSO:>r. (Upper  Alt  on. » 

*EBEXEZEB  BODGEI^S,  .JB.,  Ph.  B..  M.  I).  -  -  -  Upper  Alton. 

Was  born  Octobet  .13,  I8;i7,  at  the  old  homestead  in  Upper  Alton.    He  was 

the  fourth  son  of  "Father  Bodgers."    After  grar.uating  from  Shurtleff  in  the 

class  of  1850,  he  taught  schtol  east  of  town  for  two  winters,  and  tlien  took 

up  the  study  of  medicine  at  the  Post  Medical  College,  St.  Louis,  'Slo.,  com- 

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pletiiiji:  tlic  course^  whh  lidiuir.  luii'i!):,'  liis  siiinnicr  v;u-;itiiiiis  lie  liml  licoh 
:issoci;il('(l  witli  Dr.  L.-illiy  in  r]iiici'  Alio.,  win'i-c  lie  ciiicn'd  iiip.iii  ilic  itr;ic 
tici>  (if  Ills  iii-(irt'ssi()ii  ;iii(l  Sdiiii  srciiitd  :i  vor.V  larjje  piil  roiiavi'.  He  \v;U' 
lU'vt  r  inarriril,  liis  dcaili  occiirrinu'  in  ilic  |ii"iini'  of  inanliDdd 

i>uriii-  the  war  lir.  Knilncrs  was  AssisiaiH  Surjicun  oi'  ;lii'  I-'.iirlii  inl* 
Illinois  Inlaiury.  his  siTviti's  in  this  capacity  iirovui^  o.\cfi'.liij;;ly  valiiahlc. 
He  was  a  natm-al  physician,  liis  iKiwcr  tu  (liaj;n(is<»  a  ea.sp  at  a  ;rlaucc  liciiij: 
marvelous. 

tMH.TOX   II  .   ST()^V^:.  -  -  ...  (Qalucy.) 

yKKV.  .1.  K.  K.  TSCIllUCIl.  .  .  .  ,si.    L<niis.i 

1854-55 

CAi'i-.  <;k()U<;k   i:.   Cl.AVro.X.  rcny.   Olda. 

Kl'WI.N    .\.   ("UAM»ALL.  ......  I'.Miry. 

*KI-:\'.  1M{.\.\" ('!.'<  .M.  r.I.LlS.  I>.  1>.  ....  Hrddklyn.  N.  Y. 

Was  lii)i-ii  ill  lli.nuinspdri.  ()..  .Inly  .".1,  I.'^.'IS.  in  Ins  c.irly  yonin  his  faim'r's 
family  rcmnvcil  to  \\'i>o(ll'dV(l  Cn..  111.  He  canic  t:)  Slmrtlrll'  rnilcui'  ""a  pear 
boy,  with  only  ril'iy  ciniIs  in  liis  pockiM,  luit  imssrsscd  of  an  all-cdiisiimin;' 
desire  to  preach  ilic  Cdsjicl  of  .[csus  Christ."  I'.y  toilsome.  (Ictermineil  effort 
he  worked  his  way  tlirouuii  st>veral  years  ot  stmly  at  Shinileff  Callej^c 
havinj;  in  1S()(1-1  wilhinil  .tiradiiatinji'.  His  lirst  iiast;irate  was  at  r.riirli*:in. 
111.  Later.  HldniniiiLiidn.  111..  .Miclriuan  .\ve..  ('hica.ii'o.  First  r>apiist  ("linrch. 
Denver,  Cold..  Ti-'Miidiit  Tciiiplc.  Hostoii.  Kutaw  I'lace.  l^.altiiiidre.  ;iiid  AN'.-ish- 
Inilton  Ave..  I'rodklyn,   X.   V..  successively  enjoyed   his  p.isi  iral   lai: n-s. 

He  died  of  apopli'.xy  .lime  2S.  1S1)7.  on  which  dati'  he  was  atteiidint;  an 
ordination  service  at  the  Tabernacle  Baptist  Church,  Krooklyn.  Immediately 
after  deliverinji  the  eliarse  to  the  candidate,  he  left  the  ehv.rcl<  and  rassed 
to  the  street,  where  his  death  oeeurred  V;M'y  soon  afterward,  notw  itlisiandins; 
the  efforts  of  the  uhysiciaii  who  was  sniiiiuniic  1. 

"He  was  a  man  of  iidsvert'ul  physical  tr.iine  and  cdininandin.i;'  pi',  seiice: 
eoiirteons  and  genial  in  his  Intercourse  with  ineii:  of  .ui  ii!>  tnis  spirit  and 
large-hearted  sympathy.  He  drew  the  lie.-iris  ol  iiirii  tu  him  wherever  h" 
Avent,  and  held  them  in  the  closest  bonds  df  I  rii'iulshiii.  lie  combiiu'd  in  a 
rare  degree  the  simplicity  and  gentleness  nf  the  child  with  the  strength  ami 
courage  of  the  man.  He  stood  in  tlu'  froii!  r.iiik  ol  mir  linest  orators,  .'ind 
as  a  result  his  services  were  in  const.iiu  di'iiiand  at  diir  ii.itioiial  gatherings. 
He  ])ossessed  iintiring  energy  and  an  indoinitalile  will.  Whatevei  he  did  ln' 
dill  to  the  best  of  his  ability:  a  tireless  worker  to  tlu'  very  day  of  Ids  de;itli. 
From  humblest  beginnings  he  reached  the  very  highest  pusiiidii  nf  iicpnl.i  r- 
Ity  and   iisefuhiess  attainable   in   the   r>ai)tisi   dencinination.' 

HEXHV    FUICK. I  llin.    I'nlaski    Co. 

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*TlEV.  THOMAS  W.  GREENE,  A.  M.  -  -  -  Camptonville,  Cal. 

Was  born  in  Stamford,  Conn.,  February  10,  1837.  of  pati'ioiic  and  God- 
fearinsr  ancestry,  inheritins;  "many  noble  traits  of  cliaracter,  wliieh  by  rigi'd 
self-discipline  under  the  direction  of  Divine  grace,  developed  a  noble  and 
useful  man."  In  1838  his  father's  family  came  AA'est,  settling  on  a  farm 
near  Metamora.  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  where  he  was  eonvei'ted  at  the  age  of 
15  and  united  with  the  Baptist  Church.  His  youth  Avas  spent  in  sever*" 
physical  toil.  Upon  deciding  to  devote  his  life  tO'  the  service  of  God,  he 
■entei'ed  the  Preparatory  Dept.  of  Shurtleff  College  in  'September,  1854,  grad- 
uating in  the  class  of  1800  with  second  honors.  Tie  immediatelj^  entered  the 
Theological  Seminary  iu  Kochester.  N.  Y.,  grniluatin;.;-  in  18G3.  These  years 
of  his  education  were  full  of  struggle  and  sc^llMlciiinl.  desperate  conflict  and 
victory. 

His  first  pastoi'ate  was  at  "S^'inchester.  111.,  ^^ilere  he  was  ordained  in 
April,  18r)4-.  On  the  15th  of  November.  ISOC).  he  was  married'  to  Miss  ^lary 
lyevex'ett,  the  older  daughter  of  Prof.  AVarren  Lcverett.  of  Shurtleff  College. 
"He  remained  in  Winchester  until  Septembci',  ISCT.  liaving  baptized  more 
than  sixty  ])er.sons.  His  second  pastorate  was  in  Litchfield  rrom  18G7  to 
1868.  He  was  compelled  by  ill-health  to  abandon  this  field,  removing  to 
Lawrence,  Kan.,  wliere  he  engaged  in  .iom-nalism.  His  health  having  im- 
proved, in  1872  he  became  pastor  at  .Tunction  City,  Kan.,  then  at  Fort  Scott. 
Kan.,  and  Denver,  Colo.  In  the  latter  part  of  1875  he  became  President  of 
California  College  at  Yacaville,  since  reuidvcil  tn  Oakl-iud.  Two  brief  years 
of  severe  labor  for  this  college  oxertaxed  liis  ^tri'iigth,  and  mi  the  2lM  of 
August,  1877,  he  passed  to  his  reAvard.  his  death  occurrhig  at  C'amptdiivillc. 
a  o.uiet  village  among  the  Siei'ras,  Avhere  in  tlie  liDuie  of  dear  relatives  h<^ 
had  been  enjoying  a  t'c-w  weclcs"  rest.  He  sleeps  in  one  of  Califm-nia's  beauti- 
ful cemeteries,  far  from  the  home  ct"  his  early  life,  far  from  the  classic 
halls  of  Old  Shurtleff,  whei'e  he  and  his  early  friend,  Frank  il.  Ellis,  strug- 
gled together  against  fearful  odds  to  secure  the  necessary  i-quipment  for 
effectual  ministerial  service  in  the  Kingdom  of  Clirist." 

*GEORGE   HUNTER.  -------  Carlinville. 

Was  born  in  Yorkshire.  England,  coming  to  Illinois  wiiile  yet  a  lad.  After 
spending  some  time  as  a  dry  goods  clerk  in  Carlimille  he  attended  Shurtleff 
College,  afterward  studying  law  in  Carlinville.  being  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  engaging  in  practice  in  that  city.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr. 
Hunter  enlisted  as  a  private  iu  Company  K,  Seventh  Regiment  Illinois 
Yolunteer  Infantry,  for  the  three  months'  service,  going  on  duty  at  Cairo, 
111.  At  the  end  of  the  three  mouths  he  re-enlisted  for  the  remainder  of  tlin 
war,  as  did  nearly  all  the  members  of  his  regiment.  He  was  at  lengtli  com- 
missioned Captain  of  his  company,  commanding  Company  K  for  over  three 
years,  always  conducting  himself  as  a  gallant  soldier  and  an  ai)le  and  effi- 
cient  officer.    Capt.   Hunter  served   on   the   staff'   of   the   commander   of   his 

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brigade.  Tho  Sovciiili  TN'.iriiiuMit  \v;i>;  ••imiiiiii.-illy  un  duly  in  tlic  Army  of  llic 
Temiossoo. 

At  tho  closo  (if  the  \v;ir  (';iiil.  Iliiiiirr  n'siiiiHil  llic  |U':irii(c  df  !;iw  .-it 
rnrlinvillc,  wIkm-c  he  cMiitiimcil  in  liis  piiircssimi  uiiiil  iic.-ir  llic  cud  til'  lii>< 
life.  In  IMJ  lie  \v:is  clc-icd  ;i  uicmiicr  of  tiic  Sratf  I'mMrd  ol'  Kqiializntion. 
servin.ir  for  four  ycn's  in  this  capacity. 

Capt.  Iliinlcr  w.is  an  oarncst  stuth'ui.  ami  liccanic  iiuiic  a  scliolarly  ni.ni. 
Ho  was  a  irood  lawyer,  an  hcmoralih'  and  useful  ciii/.cn.  uprijjhi  in  :ill  liis 
dealings,  rospectcd  and  ostovnu'd.  He  died  in  l.ST'.t.  'iwo  chfldren,  now  in 
Califoi-nia.  survive  liini. 

VHEZKKI.MI   .KMIXSON. 

tMAKSH.M.l,  W.  .lUH.NSUX.  ....         i  Il.iz.-h  illc.   .Mo.i 

r'EKIH.V   1,.  K.W.  -  -  -  .  I'h.icnix.  Ari/.. 

liank  prcsidcnl. 

*JAMKS  H.  M((;riUK.  -  -  (Marissa.i     Died  in  CaliforniM  in   Isr.T. 

*vIi(>N.  CARRY  E.  .MORE.  A.  M.  .  -  .  .  isi.   Louis.   Mo.' 

For  some  years  a  r'ongressman  from  .\rl<Mnsas. 

*v.JT'I)SOX  M.  I'EKRY. (Kaiu".' 

tOLnER  <>.   riTCFIER.  - (R.irry.i 

*^[OORE  C.   F.   RAXDOEIMI.  _  .  -  .  .  .  l»elhi. 

Was  born  in  Somers(>t  Co..  X.  .T..  l>ecenil'cr  !).  1n:!4.  and  conu'  West  willi 
his  parents  wlien  lie  was  .1  smnJl  boy.  .\i  ilie  ji-c  of  ir,  he  was  c(mverie<l. 
being  baptized  into  the  fellovshii*  of  ilie  I'aplisi  Churcli  .-it  .Terseyville.  III. 
by  Dr.  J.  Bullcley,  then  pastor  at  that  piinl.  I'.eing  impressi'd  wiili  Die  duiv 
of  preaching  the  (Josjiel.  he  spent  two  years  in  s.iudy  ;ii  .'^liiii  ,ieff  College  in 
preparation  for  tlie  work,  hut  his  In. ill  h  failed  and  he  w.is  ohliu-en  to  ah;in- 
don  his  studies.  Since  that  time  he  was  engaged  for  a  eonsi(h>ral)le  period 
in  teaching,  rhongli  he  preached  sev(>ral  tiuu's  in  the  vicinity  cf  his  home. 

April  T.  ISoS,  he  was  married  to  Miss  i:ie;inor  Mi-I>ow.  r>oss  than  ihrei' 
months  had  elapsed,  however,  when  a  sudden  .11  tack  of  eontr,.stion  of  ilie 
stomach  resulted  fatally,  his  spirit  ])assing  away  from  earth  on  .Inly  4.  TSri8. 

*tREy.   MOSES   M.    R.VXDOI.IMI.  ...  (Clinton. 1 

I'ROF.  RICILVRI)  r.  Rn»EK.  .\.   M.  ....  IJherty,    Mo 

Lived  ;ir  \Voo<li)urn,  I\L-ic<miiiii  Co..  111.,  at  ilie  time  of  entering  Shurileir 
College  in  Septeinln'r,  1S."»4.  when  17  years  ol  age.  In  IS.'iC.  Mr.  Kidei-  lefi 
college  and  entered  upon  the  work  of  teaching,  and  has  followed  his  chosen 
profession  almost  continually  up  to  the  present  tiiu«'.  While  teaching  he 
continued  his  study  with  tutors  until  his  course  id'  work  fully  ci|U;iled  the 
colli'.i;e   re(|uiremenls    for    llie    I',ieheloi"s    degi'ee.     His    woiMc    in    eiuistrnel  ive 


English  and  in  the  German  lan.!inai>e  was  prosecuted  far  beyond  the  ordinary 
college  courses  in  those  branches. 

He  has  always  been  a  snccessfnl  teacher,  and  has  great  love  for  the  work. 
His  experience  has  been  quire  varied,  having  successively  occupied  the  Toi- 
lowing  positions:  Principal  of  pultlic  scli0!)ls  In  Illinois  twelve  years; 
Principal  public  school  at  Boonville,  Mo.,  two  years;  Associate  Principal 
State  Normal  School,  Cape  CJirardeau.  ^lo..  thi-ee  years;  President  Stephens 
CoUeg-e  for  Young  Ladies,  Columbia.  ^lo.,  six  years;  Principal  Academic 
Dept.,  William  Jewell  College.  Liberty,  ]Mo.,  foiirteeu  years.  This  last 
position  he  still  occupies,  being  also  Associate  Pi'Ofessor  of  Latin  in  the  col- 
lege. In  1894  ShurtlefL  College  coaiferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of 
]\J aster  of  Arts. 

At  the  age  of  Gl  Prof.  Ilider  is  still  in  vigorous  healrh,  and  (teaches  with 
no  abatement  of  zeal  or  zest.  His  constant  associatioii  with  young  people 
has  kept  him  young  in  his  sympathies,  and  he  desires  no  higher  encomium 
than  to  be  called  "The  Friend  of  the  Boys."  The  Lord  has  taken  from  him  his 
entire  family,  so  that  his  church  work  antl  teaching  constitute  the  sum  of  his 
eartldy  effort. 

fDEWITT    C.    KOBBINS.  .....  .  (Chester.) 

tWJLTER  S.  ROBBINS.  ..--...        .Chester. > 

*1REY.  -JOHN  SAWYER.  A.  M.  .....  (Bunker  Hill.) 

tS.  ^L  SIIAAV.  .--.-.-  (South  Union,  Ky.) 

1855-56. 

COL.  JOHN  POPE  BAKER,  Ph.  B.  ....  gt    Louis,  Mo 

AVas  born  at  Kaskaskia,  111.,  July  24,  l<s:i8.  (Graduated  from  Shurtlefl  Col- 
lege in  the  clas.s  of  185<;.  Admitted  to  the  liar  in  1.S58.  Lawyer,  Alton,  111. 
Entered  Ignited  States  army  ISOl,  serving  until  close  of  Civil  War.  Brevetted 
Major  for  gallantry  at  the  battle  of  IMeasaut  Hill,  La.,  and  brevetted  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  March  Kl,  l.Sri.'i.  tor  meritorious  services  during  the  war. 

On  November  L"».  18Ik».  Col.  Kaker  Avas  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Wallace, 
of  Springfield,  111.  After  the  war  he  was  stationed  in  California  and  Nevada 
In  1882  he  was  appointed  Paymaster  of  the  United  States  army,  having  sino--^ 
been  stationed  at  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  and  various  other  points.  He  is  at 
present  Major  and  Paymaster  of  the  United  States  army  ar  .leffersnn  Bar- 
racks. St.  Louis,  Mo. 

tS.    BLAIR.                 ........  (Louisville.) 

^iSAMUEL    S.    BOONE.                 -              .....  (Chicago.. 

jNEWELL  H.  BROWN.                ......  (Plainview.l 

tHENRY  T.  GEERY.             .......  (Carrollton.. 

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IM.Arh   "B." 


1.  David  C  Wilkinson,  '63. 

2.  Henry  Martyn  Can  ,  'fi2. 

3.  *Henry  O.  Hillings,  '63. 

4.  John  H.  Boyer.  '65. 

5.  William  E.  Bell,  '65. 

♦Deceased. 


f).   Aidlia  C.  MrElv.iin,  '(>z. 
7.  Walter  S.  D.  Smith,  Y,2. 
S.  E.  A.  Clement,  '63. 
9.  John  Leverett,  "66. 
10.  Elliott  Hreese  Glass, '65. 


11.  Amos  E.  Benbow,  '64. 

12.  Robert  Gibson,  'fi4. 

13.  Frank  M.  Coard,  '65. 

14.  Lorin  G.  Catchpole,  Yi<i. 

15.  Otis  E.  Miller,  >/>. 


t(>.  llorarp  Bernard,  "(15. 
17.  John  J.  W.   Place,  '(14. 
is.   Edwin    B.  Miller,  '«>. 
iij.  John  E.  InKhain,  'Mi. 
20.  'Edward  Q.  Urainblc.  "65. 


.tiim;!-:  wim.iam  !•..  cii.iiKirr. 


(iiv  N;iii..ii,il  r..iiik  nid-..  (".•liru.  111. 


i:i)\VAKI>  CI.AKK   .IA\li:S.   A.    M.,    M,    It.  ritl"T   Alton. 

It. nil  .Kiiuiisi   L's.    is::.".,   in   .MIiMiiy.   N.   V.     .Mnvnl   W<'sl    willi   his  p.-ii-ciil.-;  !ii 

viivly  yoiuli.     Ijiicrcd   SlmrllcH    ('ullcuc   in   St'iiIcnilMi-.    l.v.'.d.  ;ri';iiin;itin.i.'   wiii' 

tlu'  cl.-iss  (if    is.'iT.     « '«in.i)l<'l('(|    tlic  ritursi'   ;ii    llic   ( "(rllciic   (if    I'liysici;ins  ;inil 

Snrj;v(>ns.   New    V.irk   Ciiy.   in   .\i.iriii.    ISd.".. 

On  itccfniliiT  ."!.  lSt;s.  I  »r.  .hinics  \\;is  niarrird  :ii  i'.ri.Liiilnii.  111.,  lu  .Miss 
Si's.in  .M.-irii-  Knusi  in.-in.  lie  sn.iii  ;iriiT\\;niI  cnli'i-fil  npun  llir  pr.-ni  ire  .if 
his  prorcssiiin  in   rpprr  .Midii.   \\  hrrc  lie  Ikis  ri'iii;iliicil  cxcr  siiii  !• 


■i-.I.    (I.   .lOXKS. 

tD.  I>.   I.KACII.  -  .  .  - 

.lOSKIMI    H.    I.i:>'i:\.    I'll.    H. 
l'';irn\t'r. 

iMtr.KKT  s'r.MXTox  im;mi..\.  I'h.  i; 

*;.IA.MKS    MONWd.W. 
*tSlI)NKY   IIOHIXSOX. 
"WILT.IAAI  J.  KOHIXSOX. 

'='rii()M.\s  .\.  SI. .\'n:u. 

KoliKKT  I*..  SMI'llI.   I'll.   r.. 

WILLIAM  i:i)\v.m;i>  WKr.i;. 

Iron   nicrchnnt. 

*;it(ii'i:K'r  li:slik  \\i:r.i'. 
•;ui:rHi;x  i:.  wirr.Moui:. 


(<  ;ri.a,u>\  ilI'M 

I  itrllcx  iHc.l 
(  iiliin.-viilc.i 

C.iiru 

( \\  ipiidlinrn.i 

iIppiT    All  in. 1 

K.nis.-is  ( "iiy.   Mo. 

(  J.llVfSlnn.    Tr.X 

Shcrniiin  Ilonsp.  ( 'hiciuo.  Ill 
Loins  Chill.   X.'w    ^  ork  ("ity. 

llppiT    Alloll.l 

( .\IoiUlon\  illf.i 


.lOIIX   W.   .\.MISS. 

HKXKV  c.  r..\Kxi;s 


1856-57. 


(Si.  L<i\iis.  Mo. I 
.!:irksniivilir. 


REV.    ]•:.    ('.    M.    lUHXHAM.  .....  Khodfs.    I.i. 

\V;is  ixirn  in  ('hristi;in.  Mii-h..  Xovcinlin-  '.i.  l.s.'IS.  nf  I",ii,i:lisli  i);in'ni;i;;i'. 
Ilis  'imi'cnts  liotii  dii'd  w  Iumi  lir  \\;is  .1  l.oy.  :ind  his  cniy  lilc  \v;is  one  of 
constnut  stniirtrh'  .'iniid  nnl  .ivoi-.ilih'  snii<inn(liii.L;s  He  w.i-  cniivcrtcd  .-il 
(inlncy.  111.,  .-it  tln'  :i.u(i  of  l.'i.  niiil  .'.iridium  tn  ihr  <;ill  of  tlod  i.«  in-c;n-h  ihf 
(Josijol.  he  look  :i  conrsc  of  sinily  ;il  ShnrildT  ("ollci:!'.  i:i;idn;iiin.i.'  wiih  ihi' 
class  of  ISCil.  Soon  .-iri.'!-  ur;idn,ilinn  he  was  ord;iin''d.  his  iii->i  pasinr.ilc  h,' 
in^'  a  I   CarthaiLrc.   111. 

March  L'S.   Lsr.ij,  he  was  married   to   .Miss   r.cll.i   .ianr  <  ii-.ili.i  ni.  ai    Itii-uiiii'-' 
liaiii.  Sclinylcr  <'n..    111.     Two  suns,   with   tiic   widow,   survive     Kr\.    I'.iiridiani 


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tvas  an  earnest,  able  minister,  and  liis  labors— wliicli  were  !a:-gel.v  evan- 
gelistic—were blessed  to  the  conversion  of  souls.  As  pastor  and  evangelist 
he  acconiplished  much  good  in  Illinois,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Oregon  and  Brltisli 
Colnnibia.    He  died  suddenly  of  heart  failure  November  25,  189n. 

REA'.  ALEXANDER  J.  DELANO,  A.  M..  B.  D.  -  -  -  Port  Byron. 

Was  born  in  Canada  West,  July  1>,  1832.  Came  to  Illinois  in  1S48;  was 
reared  on  a  farm,  receiving  a  fair  common  school  edncatioii:.  Upon  attaiiung 
his  majority.  Mr.  Delano  taught  school  for  a  year  or  tnj^-o,  and  in  1850  canu- 
as  a  student  to  Sliurtleff  College,  where  he  took  the  full  classical  course  of 
study,  gradua.ting  with  highest  honors  in  the  class  of  1S(;2  and  afterward 
receiving  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  course. 

On  June  7,  1863,  in  the  old  Baptist  Church  at  ITpper  Alton,  he  was  mai-- 
ried  by  Dr.  Read  to  J^Iiss  L.  C.  Ford,  of  Homer,  N.  Y.  After  graduation, 
Rev.  Delano  supiilied  the  pulpit  of  the  tapper  Alton  Baptist  Church  for  sev- 
eral months.  His  life  has  been  faithfully  devoted  to  the  ministry,  havini.- 
held  pastorates  at  various  points  in  Illinois. 

*HOUSTON   DISHON.  ...  -  (.lonesboro.t     tpper   Alton. 

=!AA  ILLIAM   W.   FOUTCH.  -  -  -  (Berlin.)     Died   in   tlie   army. 

AA'ILLIAM   P.  HANCOCK.  -  -  <>721    Smiley   Ave.,    St.    Louis.    Mo. 

Office,  314  Odd  Fellows'  Bldg. 
District  Agent,  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co..  of  Milwaukee. 

tALLEN  ]McDOW.  -------  (Newbnrn.i 

iW.  B.  MURPHY.  ..----             (Linn  C'-eek,  Mo.) 

*W.   D.   H.   NOYBS.    :\r.  D.              .---.-  Pittsfielu. 

rJAMES   PADON.  --------  (Troy.) 

tJAMES   M.    RICE.  .--..-.  (Quiucy.) 

*tJOSEPH  H.  ROBINSON.  ------  (Upper  Alton.) 

tISAAC  C.  SIMMONS. -           -  (Warsaw.) 

REV.  PETER  H.  STEENSTRA,  D.  D.  -  -  -  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Was  born  January  24,  1833,  near  Franeker,  r'riesland,  Netherlands.  When 
his  parents  came  to  America  he  went  West,  and  after  several  years  of  pre- 
paratory stud}'  elsewhere,  entered  the  Junior  Class  of  Shurtleff  College, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1858,  afterward  receiving  from  liis  Alma  ^Nlater 
the  honorary  degree  of  D.  D. 

On  November  4,  1858,  he  was  married  to  Miss  S.  B.  Learned,  of  St.  Louis. 
Mo.    His  later  life-work  may  be  thus  summarized: 

Pastor  Baptist  Church,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  18G0-(>3.  Rector  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  Newtou.   ?klass.,   lSr.4-70.     Professor  of  Biblieal   I>iteratui-e 

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l>lo  '•KiMiliick"  ,i;:()l(l  iiiiiu".  which  is  woiUi'd  rrtun  a  2.(Mi(l-f(mt  imiiu'l.  He  has 
iTsicU'd  in  San  Dit-^io  for  several  y.'ars  past.  tht)U>;ch  his  niiiiiii^  iiileresis  re- 
<iuirt'  eoiisiih'ralih'  liMveliiit:-.  IJr  lias  a  family  of  two  (lanv'lHers  ami  tliree 
SDiis.  wiu)  liave  l.i  eome  pnimim  iii  as  icaeliers  ami  miiiiujr  exih-ns. 

♦NICHOLAS  A.   1U)VI:K.  ...  iVinleii.i     ri.p.r   Alum. 

l>ie(l  of  consumiitioii  duriiiu  )iis  (iiiirse  itf  study  at  Sliurllefl   ("olle;:e. 

♦vWII.LlA.M    II.  CLAYTON.                 .....  diiper  Allon.i 

ELIAS    COCKIiELL.                     ,leis<-yville. 

tC.  A.  DAKLEY. 

♦yJA.MES  .M.  <;AKUi:rS()N.  ri.  i;            .....  (rpper  Alton.) 

*.\LO\Z()  T1I(».M.\S  i[.\i:r.()\\  .  ....  Kimms\viri<.  .Mo. 

Was  liorn  .Mai-cli  U4.  lS4ti.  ai  llarnsonville,  ill.  He  Avas  tlie  son  of  the 
lato  N(>ah  B.  Hai'lmv.  who  was  lioiii  in  Maine  Fehruaiy  7.  ISH,  ri'nioving 
to  Illinois  with  his  parents  in  ISlo.  He  eaine  down  the  Ohio,  and  up  the 
Mississippi  iu  a  keel  boat,  landing,-  at  Kaskaskia,  then  tlu'  metropolis  of  the 
^^ssissippi  Valle.v.  Six  years  l.iw  r  the  family  moved  to  Ilarrisimville.  where 
N.  B.  Harlow  was  married  ami  Wuiv/.u  T.  born  and  reared. 

A.  T.  Harlow's  father  was  a  farmer  and  merchant,  and  when  not  in  scliool 
Lou  was  kept,  iuisy  on  tlie  farm  or  in  llie  store.  At  the  ajre  i)f  17  he.  I'liiered 
Shurtleff  Colle.u;e.  .Vfier  two  and  one-half  years  of  study  failing  ln-alili 
compelled  him  to  return  home,  where  he  rented  for  a  short  time  and  then 
entered  Jones'  Commercial  Colley;e,  St.  Louis,  Mo..  j;raduatinj;-  in  1S(»(».  Ke- 
turniusr  io  Harrisonvdle  1"  was  admitted  as  i)artner  lin  his  father's  business, 
to  which  he  devoted  several  years  of  his  life.  In  the  autnmn  'uf  1N<'4  he 
secured  a  position  as  bookkeeiier  for  llarlow  vV:  Walil  in  St.  Louis,  .\liou! 
two  years  lati>r  he  become  a  member  of  the  Mercliants'  Exchan.ire  of  ili.ii 
city,  eujiafiinjj  in  the  commission  bii.^^iness  with  a  .Mr.  Clark,  wlio  sold  out 
bis  interest  two  years  later  to  SamiKd  II.  ISrcwii.  the  tirin  continuiii.^:  as 
llarlow  iV:  Brown  and  doiui?  a  prosjieroiis  i)usiness  for  three  yt-ars.  when  T. 
H.  Uelston  succeeded  .Mr.  Brown.  Five  years  latt'r  Mr.  (Jcision  died,  and 
C.  H.  Spencer  and  J.  E.  Cariieiuer  were  admittt'd  to  the  linn,  wluch  was 
then  styled  "Harlow,  Spencer  A:  Co.,"  by  far  the  largest  wheat  receivers  m 
St.  Louis  for  years. 

Mr.  Harlow  was  never  ujes-^ed  witli  rolui.si  liealili.  ami  on  sever;il  occa- 
sions was  oIdi;;ed  to  relimini.sji  business  for  the  winter,  spendinu  tlie  cold 
season  in  the  South.  In  the  fall  of  18S1  his  health  completely  jrave  w.iy.  ;ind 
he  retired  from  the  lirm  (  f  Harlow.  Spencer  ^:  Co.  'I'ln'ii  wilii  his  family 
he  spent  a  year  in  ('.ilifornia.  returnin.t;-  with  hi'allh  restored.  Iml  nol  eiijiaf.'- 
inj;  in  any  busim  ss  until  June.  ISv.l.  when  he  associated  himself  with  the 
Billinjrsley  iV  Nanson  Commission  Comp.iny  mow  the  Nanson  Commission 
Companyi.  coni;niiim.'  with  them  until  his  de.iili.  .iaiiuai'y  :;i.  lS;t|. 

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liK.XUV  ALLEN  WAUXE.  A.  B.  -  -  Komvood.  :Maaison  Co.,  X.  Y. 

Was  linni  Manli  2S.  ISoC.  in  Ciueiimati.  O..  but  tlie  greater  portion  of  his 
early  lite  was  spent  in  St.  l.oul^^  -Mo.,  wliere  lie  Avas  convertea  while  iiev. 
I).  Kead  was  pastor  of  tlie  Second  Baptist  Clmi-ch.  Dr.  Read  took  a  deeip 
interest  in  younti'  Warne.  and  upon  liecomin-  President  of  Shnrtleff  Colleg-e. 
urii-ed  liim  to  take  a  course  of  study  in  that  institution.  This  he  did.  grad- 
uaiing  in  the  classical  course  in  18G1  with  the  second  houors.  He  was  a  very 
devoted  and  conscientious  student,  enthusiastic  and  hearty  in  all  he  iiiuler- 
idulv.  and  liis  intlueiice  npon  his  fellow  students  was  decidedly  whulesonie 
and  tiplitting.  Mr.  Warne  was  a  prominent  actor  in  every  religious  and 
lilcrai-y  ninvenunt  al   Shortleff  College  from  ISoC-  to  ISdL 

After  leaving  Sluiftlefl'  College.  :Mr.  VN'arne  tngaged  in  scIiodI  Icacii.ing  in 
llliiuiis,  Iowa  and  New  Y(n'k.  Afterward  he  entered  conunercial  life,  ludd- 
ing  sies'eral  positiims  as  bookkeeper  and  office  correspnanlent  in  Cliicago.  and 
as  salesman,  traveling  through  Illinois  and  Iowa.  He  at  letigtli  s>'ttled  in 
New  York  State,  ri'tiriiig  from  inf)re  active  life,  deviating  liimsclf  to  scientiti' 
studies  and  reading. 

Kenwood  is  situated  in  a  beautiful  region,  iUid  Mr.  Warne  li;is  a  line 
garden  in  wiiich  lie  takes  great  delight.  He  is  an  enthusiastic  student  of 
botany,   zoology   and    microscopy. 

NA'I'IIANIEL  A.  WIIIi'TLE.  _  .  -  -  ricas;int    Cap.   Mo. 

1857-58. 

tBEN,]AMlN  F.  ALLEN.  .  .  .  .  .  (Benton.  AIo.i 

*CYIUTS  A.  BAILEY.  .  .  -  .  -  -  :Mesilla.  N.  M 

After  leaving  Sliurtleff  College  he  served  tuider  Crant  m  the  Civil  War. 
He  lielonged  to  the  Tliirty-third  Illinnis  A'olanteers.  Al  the  close  of  the  war 
his  health  was  badly  shattered.  ;uid  in  hope  of  recovery  he  studied  medicine, 
graduating  from  a  IMiiladelphia.  medical  school,  afterward  pnicticiug  his 
profession  for  fifteen  or  twrnty  years  in  Southern  Kansas.  He  next  spe;it  a 
year  in  Califf:.rnia.  and  then  renmved  to  Mesilla.  N.  ^I..  wliere  he  died  in 
1S02.  leaving  a  wife  and  live  childiTU.  He  lived  a  noble  life,  and  left  an 
lionm'able  record. 

LEW^IS  N.  BAILEY.  -  -  -  iMl.')  Twentieth  St.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Brother  of  Cyrus  A.  (see  preceding  sketch.)  After  his  college  days  were 
over  he  went  Sontii  ;ind  eiigiiged  in  teaching  at  Houston.  Tex.  At  tlie  md- 
biTak  of  the  Itebellioii  he  Joined  the  Confederate  army,  doing  cavalry 
service  throughout  the  war.  He  and  his  brother  Cyrus  (wlio  w;is  on  tlie 
Union  side)  were  more  than  once  encamped  witldn  siglit  of  each  other's 
camip  fires,  but  knew  nothing  of  this  until  alter  tlie  war. 

Since  1868  Mr.  Bailey  has  made  his  home  in  California,  where  he  has 
been  rancher,  merchant  and  ndner,  being  at  present  proprietor  of  the  valua- 

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:iii(l    Iiit('ri)i'('l.il  Kin    in    ili>>    l",|iisi  ni),il     Tlicul.iuic.il    Si-liiml.    (':iniliriil;;r.    M.-iss.. 
IMm    Id   (l;ilc 

I'mf.  ShNMisIrn  is  tlic  antlior  of  "(Jod  as  liiit.v  and  'I'finily.'"  and  i  lanslator 
and  editor  nf  '■l-ansic's  rnnunciilarics  on  .ludjics  and   Kuili." 


*.IAMi:S    M.    STOOKKY. 


I'.rll, ■villi" 


Ki;\".  .I(»HN  W.    TliKKV,  A.  M.  ...  Sn,-,niu.  N.   M. 

\\'as  li,ii-n  al  ( )i  icrvillc  .Irrst  y  Co..  111.,  (ten. her  1:!.  ls:;i;.  Ilis  ■.  arly  cdii.-i 
tion  was  (iliiaincd  in  llic  llainiliou  Sclinul  in  ihal  villauf.  wliitli  srliiiol  was 
I'r.dcwt'd  and  t'slalilislicd  liy  1  M-.  llaniilton  .ilinnl  llic  lime  llial  Shnrllcrf  Cnl- 
\i-iXr  was  fi)Und(>d.  Alici-  aii.-iid'n.u  a  srlc.i  sclmnl  in  .ltiscy\  illc  uliiainin-  a 
Tfachcr's  ('crrilii-atc  and  tcarliinji  fur  a  season.  In-  cHtorcd  SlinrtlclV  Ciillcuc 
gradual inj;'  Ironi  tlu'  ilassical  conrs(>  in  isr.l   with  the  honors  of  his  class. 

Tin-  suinini'i-  aftiT  .uradnalion.  Mr.  Tony  ontcrnl  llio  ministry,  prcachiii)^ 
al  Paiia,  'raylorvilh"  ami  Tolo.  111.  .Mr.  'I'orry  took  an  active  pai'i  in  lip- 
Lincoln  camipaiun  as  Ndtcr.  s|icakci-and  ini'nilicr  of  ilic  "Wide  .\ wake  (ti-y;an- 
ization;"  also  parlicipaling  in  the  laneuln  n-eeplion  and  rat  ilicat  ion  at  Spi-in.u.- 
held  in  ISCd.  In  .Vii.mist,  lSiV2,  he  iR'canie  First  LiiMitenanl  iif  ("onipany  < ". 
One  Hundred  ami  Tweiity-fourlli  Illinois  Infaniy,  liavin.t;  secured  the  en- 
iistnienl  of  a  eonsi(h'ralde  iiari  id'  this  conipany  in  .Icrsey  ami  .Madison  ('(MU- 
tit's.  He  took  i)art,  iu  (Jrant's  campaigns  in  1S(>2  and  ISi;:',,  in  'reiinessee. 
Louisiana  and  -Mississippi  until  after  reinherlon's  surremh'r  at  N'ickshurg. 
wlieii  on  aei-oiint  of  ill-lieallli  he  was  obliged  to  olter  his  resignation,  which 
was  accepted  and  the  disidiargi'  signed  l»y  (leii.  <;rant. 

At>or  leaviu.n'  the  army  and  making  a  slnn-i  visit  to  his  home,  he  cnliTed 
the  Theological  l»ept.  of  Colgate  itlien  .ALadisoni  riuversiiy.  gi-adnaiing  in 
in;."),  lie  aftei'ward  liehl  pastorales  at  Centralia.  111.,  and  .Mailison.  liid. 
After  the  close  of  this  latter  pastorale.  Ilie  greater  imii  of  the  ne.\t  two  o'" 
three  years  was  spent  in  Europe,  p.iri  of  tlie  time  under  appointment  of  ihe 
Missionary  Union  al  >LMdrid.  Spain,  associated  with  I'rof.  W.  I.  Knapp. 
Here  he  hecaine  aeiiuainted  with  the  lan.guage  of  the  coiuitr.N,  and  was  soon 
aide  lo  read,   write  and   make  speeches   in   Sjiauish. 

In  the  (virly  part  of  1S7:;  .Mr.  Terry  settled  in  Color.ido.  Iieiiig  led  to  go 
West  on  acconnl  nl'  ins  healtli.  and  shortl.\-  afierward  he  wenl  into  tlie  hank 
in.g  and  real  estate  l)usiness  at  'i'rinidad.  Colo.  In  issosi  he  si»«>nl  a  pt'riod 
of  time  in  lids  husiiu'ss  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  afierward  removiu.g  lo  Socorro. 
.\.  M..  where  he  m^w  liM's.  inlerested  in  real  csiate.  irrig;il  ion  ;ind  tdher 
enterprises  incident  to  an  undeveloped  counlry.  Here  lie  h;is  iicdd  several 
pulilic  (dfices.  among  u  liicli  m.iy  he  mciilioncd  tlmsc  of  City  Councilman. 
County  Treasurer,  I'lesidenl  IJo.ird  of  Kegenis  of  .Ni  w  .Mexico  Schoid  of 
Mines,   etc. 

Mr.  Terry  h;is  a  wife  and  three  children  living  r.iiil  .1..  I'L'  ye.ars  old.' 
.loiin  r...  Id.  now  ;i  siudeni  in  l  he  .New  .Mexico  Iniversiiy  ,ii  Allunjueripi' , 
.'ind    I  lelcii.  s  vears  of  age. 


M 


.Mr.  Hai-Iinv  was  elected  Mee-l'i-esldeiit  of  the  Mercliauts"  Exchange  in 
1S81,  and  iu  lSi)4  received  the  unauiniuus  vote  of  tlie  members  for  tlie  posi- 
tion of  President,  lieins  installed  oii  January  S,  only  a  short  time  before  his 
de'ath.    He  was  the  first  President  of  the  organization  who  has  died  in  office. 

Mr.  Harlow  was  marided  rwice.  by  his  second  wife  liaviiig  two  children, 
both  boys,  aged  respectively  S  and  C  years.  He  was  a  member  in  high 
standing  of  Tuscan  Lodge  A.,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  St.  Louis  Koyal  Arch  Chap:er. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  being  J^uperintendeut  of 
the  Windsor  Harl)or  Sunday  School  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  and  having 
occupied  the  position  for  about  twenty-five  years.  Thoroughly  huaiest  and 
upright,  staunch  and  true,  none  l<new  Alouzo  T.  Harhnv  l)Ut  to  liuuor  and 
esteem.    He  had  not  an  enemy  in  tlve  world. 

DANIEL   K.  HAlilHSON.  ...-.-  Herrin. 

Dealer  'in  general  mercliandise.    Two  sous  and  a  daughter  have  attended 

Shurtleff  College  and  been  memliers  of  tlie  Alplia   Zeta   Society— Dr.   Albert 

M.,  class  of  1891;  Geo.   IL,   of  Herrin,    111.,   and   :Mrs.    Ella   H.   Hundley.   f)f 

Carbondale. 

tBYRON  P.  HEXDEKSDX.  ...--,  (.Scottville.) 

STEPHEN  K.  LITTELL.  -  -  -  -  Winlield,  Cowley  Co.,  Kan. 

flilCHAKD  P.  LEWIS. (Bethalto.i 

JESSE  WILLIS  LONCL  .  .  -  -  i>i()  y\ue  St..  St.  Louis.  :\Io. 

Bookkeeper,  Compton  iV:  Sons  Litli.  Co. 

t  J  AMES  D.  :\IOOBE.             .......  <  Jersey  ville.) 

tJOHN  H.  PIPKIN.            -------  (Concord,  Mo.) 

EDWABD   ItOIXiEBS.              ------  Upper   Alton. 

THOMAS   E.    SEXTON.              .-.---  .lerseyville. 

*yALBAKTES  SILSBE.                ------  iSummerville.) 

1858-59. 

JIIXJE  GEOKGE  JOHNSON   GILLHAM.    I'h.   P.,    LL.   B, 

22(j  Wellington  St.,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Otiice,  Soutliern  Express  Bldg. 

Was  born  January  l.">,  1811,  in  Madison  Co.,  111.  After  Ids  graduation  from 
Shurtleff  College  with  the  class  of  l,S(i(>  l,e  stui'^cd  ];iw  in  St.  Louis,  and 
later,  in  .Martdi,  1S(>4,  graduated  in  tlie  law  department  of  tlie  University  of 
:Micliigain  at  Ann  Arboa-.  In  the  same  year  he  located  at  Memphis,  Tenn.. 
wliere  he  has  since  iiracticed  law  continuously,  with  the  exceptions  mentioned 
below. 

In  18i>5  Mr.  (Jdlliaiii  was  appointed  Special  .Fudge  of  tlie  Supreme  Court 
of  Tennessee,  in  place  of  one  of  the  judges  who  was  disiiu.alitied.  In  181X! 
he  was  reappointed  by  the  Govei'uor  to  the  same  ]Kisition,  an.l  in  1897  speait 

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a  part  of  tho  time  on   ilic  liciicli  of  that  rourl.     In   the   fall  of   IMMi  iw  was 
electod  Stati»  SiMiatur  fm-  ,i  tcini  of  two  yt'ars. 

In  June,  IMTd.  Mr.  (lillliaiii  was  luarriiMl  to  Miss  Maria  II.  Kcit.  nf  Mi'in- 
pliis,  Tenn. 

REV.  ALBERT  CYUrS  KKKNi;.  I'll.  H.  -  -  -  Walfrlou  ii.  S.  D 

Was  horn  iu  ^\'is(•onsm,  whore  his  panMits  wMtled  in  1S;{4.  IIi-  was  cou- 
verttil  while  a  small  boy,  was  baptized  at  the  ajre  of  IS  into  the  fellowship 
of  the  Laucasitor.  (Wis.i  Baptist  Chureh.  and  SDun  bcyan  his  studies  to  lit 
himself  for  the  (Jospel  niinistry.  to  which  lie  felt  that  (Jod  had  called  him. 
After  studyiiij;  in  the  aeadeinies  ai  .Maishall  and  I'aris.  111.,  he  entertnl  Shurt- 
leff  Collejre.  Sfaduatiui-'  with  tlie  class  of  ISCd'  ;ind  innneiliately  enterint?  upon 
his  life-work.  He  was  ordained  in  1S(>;J,  and  February  li.'..  ISiJl  was  married 
iu  Keokuk.  la.,  to  Miss  Nellie  C.  Miner,  of  Jerseyville.  111. 

Rev.  Keem'  was  pastor  for  four  years  at  T'nion.  Wis.,  and  then  aecrpttMl 
a  call  to  Lima.  Ind.  This  place  provini;-  nnliealtlifnl.  he  remm-ed'  to  Fair- 
mount,  111.,  afterward  lioldinii  i)astorates  at  KaiUvakee,  Morrison.  Belvidere 
and  Sycamore,  111.  An  illness  affectinj;  the  optic  nerve  h'ft  him  for  three 
aTid  oue-half  years  unable  to  study,  and  in  accordance  with  medical  advice 
he  removed  to  South  Dakota  to  try  the  beni'lit  of  the  climate.  While  await- 
ing the  rostonition  of  impaired  vision  he  gave  mucli  tame  to  temperance  work 
in  South  Dakota  and  Nebraska.  When  alile  to  resume  his  ttastoral  work, 
he  took  charge  of  the  Baptist  Cliurch  at  Arlington,  S.  D..  ;ind  has  since 
served  the  churches  at  Ipswich  and  Watertowii,  the  latter  being  his  present 
field  of  labor.  During  the  years  of  his  ministi-y  Rev.  Keeue  has  had  the 
privilege  of  baptizing  several  hundred  persons  into  the  fellowship  of  the 
various  churches  under  his  care. 

»REV.  THOMAS  SANFORD  MIZE,  A.  B.         -  -  -  -         Clinton,  Wis. 

Was  born  January  27,  1840.  He  was  baptized  by  Rev.  i<::3jah  Dodson  at 
Troy,  III.,  iu  1852.  He  graduated  fi-om  Shurtleff  College  in  the  class  of  18C.2. 
teaching  scliool  at  Belleville,  111.,  for  a  time  and  afterward  being  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Belleville  Baptist  Church.  He  entered  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary  in  1803.  and  after  several  years  o^  study  an  that  in- 
stitutiou,  was  ordained  at  Faribault,  Minn.,  December  lt>,  18(it3. 

He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  tirst  pastorate  January  3,  1807,  at  Clin- 
ton, Wis.,  where  he  <lied  April  29,  1872.  Mr.  Mize  was  a  iK>et  of  considerable 
abuity,  tus  writings  wliil.-  at  ccJle^^  bearing  the  marks  of  true  genius. 

PROF.  JOHN  H.  WOODS.  A.  M.  -  -  -  Jacksonville. 

Was  born  in  Alton,  111..  .Vugusi  24,  ls;V.t:  the  son  of  .Inlm  1{.  and  Sarah 
W.  Woods.  He  euiercd  Slmrtlefl  College  in  18.">0,  graduating  with  lirst 
honors  of  his  cla>s.  .lune  21,  18(iU.  He  pursued  a  i>ost-graduate  course  at 
Yale  for  a  time,  and  in  1801  was  a  teacher  in  (Jreylock  Institute,  South 
W'lliamstown.   Mass..  .afterward  teaching  in   the  Collegiate  Institute  of  New 


Haven.  Conu.  He  then  entered  the  army,  serving  as  Adjutant  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Illinois  Infantry  in  Tennes^see  and  Kentucky,  18G2-3. 
In  18()3  lie  became  instructor  in  the  Ueaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  Jacksonville', 
111.,  a  position  wliicli  he  still  holds.  He  occupies  the  Chair  of  Language, 
Literature  and  History,  and  has  been  Librarian  of  the  Institution  since  1875. 

Prof.  Woods  has  given  much  attention  to  tlie  work  of  compiling  indexes. 
NoteAvorthy  among  his  works  of  this  character  are  Lange's  Commentary  of 
the  New  Te.stament  (10  vols.),  Greek  and  Topical  Index,  Emerson's  works  (12 
vols.),  Literary  World  (38  vols.).  Notes  and  Queries  (4  vols.),  Book  Buyer  (.4 
vols.),  and  Semi-Annual  Index  to  the  Critic  (.2.5  vols.).  He  has  also  published 
translations  of  several  French  stories.  He  was  instrumental  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Jacksonville  Litera'-y  Lnion  ajul  the  Jacksonville  Art  Associa- 
tion, and  is  Secretary  of  the  Jacksonville  Public  Library.  Under  his  long- 
continued  management  the  Library  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institution  has 
increased  to  12,(1()()  volumes. 

Prof.  Woods  was  married  September  25,  lS(j(3,  to  Miss  Mary  Cornelia 
Head,  of  Alton.  111.  He  has  been  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  fo-r 
the  past  fifteen  years,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  religious  Avork. 

1859-60. 

KEY.  MAIISHALL  M.  COOPEK.  .  .  .  -  .  Jerseyville. 

His  youth  was  spent  on  a  farm  until  the  fall  of  185i),  when  he  entered 
upon  a  course  of  study  in  Shurtleff  College.  Owing  to  lack  of  means,  he  le!  i 
college  without  graduating,  and  began  to  teacli  school  at  Litchfield,  111. 

He  coaitinued  to  tcacli  until  1ST2.  when  lie  left  tlie  school  room  to  devote 
his  life  fo  the  Gospel  uDuisiry.  He  has  been  a  faithful  pastor,  and  is  an. 
earnest  and  attractive  preacher.  Mv.  Cooper  is  the  founder  of  two  Oi-atoiical 
Contest  Bureaus  for  Prohibition  and  Woman's  Suffrage.  Thousands  of  his 
silver  and  gold  medals  are  worn  by  successful  contestants  all  over  the  United 
States.  He  has  three  times  bot'U  nominated  for  Congress  by  the  Prohibition 
party. 

IJEV.  LEVI  FOSDICK.  ..-..-.  Pella,  la. 

AVas  born  in  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  February  10,  1831,  coming  to  Illinois 
in  1844,  and  uniting  with  the  Baiptist  Church  of  Steuben,  Marshall  Co.,  in 
1848.  He  Avas  licensed  to  preach  in  1852,  afterward  attending  Fairmount 
Theological  Seminary.  Cincinnati.  O.  He  was  married  in  18.50,  and  came  t« 
Shurtleff  College  in  185S.  After  a  considerable  time  spent  in  study  at  tlii>; 
institution,  Mr.  Fosdick  a(cei)ted  the  call  of  the  Laniartine  Baptist  Church. 
Fond  Du  Lac  Co.,  Wis.,  where  he  was  ordained  January  28.  18(53. 

During  the  next  eight  year.s  Rev.  Fosdick  preached  at  various  points  in 
Wisconsin,  also  doing  evangelistic  Avork.  He  oi'ganized  a  church  at  AVood- 
hull,  and  was  ihstrumeutal  in  the  erection  of  a  .'j;3,()00  house  of  Avorship  at 
New  Castle.    In  tne  suinmer  of  1S71  he  AA'ent  to  loAva  as  a  general  collecting 

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1.  Moses  A.   Newell,  '66. 

2.  George  \V.   Melton.  '66. 

3.  Adolphus  H.  Harks.  '66. 

4.  George  S.  Beekinan,  '67. 

5.  William  A.  Bonhain,  '67. 

♦Deceased. 


PLATE  "C." 


6.  Marshal  D.  Hedal.  '68. 

7.  Hdward  A.  Stone,  '66. 

8.  William  K.  Anderick,  '71 
y.  William  II.   Hearne,  '68. 

10.  Rush  English,  '70. 


11.  Isaac  D.  Wood.  '(<-. 

12.  KIden  H.  Lovett.  '68. 

13.  William  C.  Marlow, '72. 

14.  Warren   N.  Wilson.  '71. 

15.  William  H.  Ferguson,  '71. 


16.  John  C.  Carter.  '71. 

17.  Gc'orgfll.  .Mi/1-.  '72. 

18.  Helen  Winthrop-Merrill,  '72. 

19.  Mary  E.  Barrett-English,  '71. 

20.  'Robert  Sturgeon,  '74. 


n.ffont  nnd  Sunday  School  Missionnry  for  tlio  Aniorioan  baptist  rublioation 
SDck'ty.  Ill'  \v;is  .•irtcrwjinl  jiasior  of  several  clmn-lics  in  Iowa  ami  or;:;; nizt'il 
tour  otliors.  while  his  evaiiyclisl  ic  hiluirs  liave  liceii  hlesse.l  in  the  cdiivr'-- 
sion  of  many  souls. 

In  Ihe  sumniir  of  iS'.U  Mr.  Fusdick  remnved  to  \Vashin;;t<(n  Co..  Ala.,  hut 
returned  to  Uiwa  in  1M<(;,  since  which  limi'  he  has  nut  Ix  en  enj,'aj.'ed  i'U  pas- 
toral woric. 

*tTHOK.\T<).\  nr(illi:S. (Otter  (Yeok.i 

*tl{KV.   LKWIS   1'.    KINNFAX. (Cri.tr^'sville.i 

*\\ILLIAM    10.    MOSKS.  -  -  -  ( Winch<'ster.i     Chicatrn    in    lSC.."i. 

SA:MrKL  1?.  OUHM.  .---.-  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Armour  Bldi;.,  Fifth  and  Delaware  Sis. 
Att(U-iiey-at-T.aw. 

F.T,T.\S    rF.\MN<i  rOX.  -  -  -  Castroviilc.    .M<  dina    Co..    TfX 

♦KESTOKES  COX  S.MALLEY.  A.  M. ("arlinville. 

Was  born  Soploniner  27.  1S;5S.  at  Woodhurn.  .Macoupin  «"n..  111.  His 
parents  moved  soon  afterward  to  a  farm  three  miles  from  that  pl.ic-'.  whi  >•" 
the  days  of  his  minority  wore  spent  in  faryi  work  and  attondiii.ir  the  i>ulilic 
schools.  At  the  asje  of  21  he  entered  Shurtleff  Collefie.  successfully  cnm- 
X>leting  the  classiiai  course  in  18'!4.  Ho  took  hijih  rank  as  .a  st\ideiit.  .and  w.is 
loved  and  esteemed  by  both  Faotilty  and  fellow  studtmts.  While  at  coih  jre 
he  united  with  the  Upper  Alton  Baptist  Church.  lie  afterward  siuditMl  l.iw 
for  a  short  time  at  the  I'mvorsity  of  Michiiran.  I)ut  as  tlie  climate  of  th.it 
State  did  not  agree  with  him  he  removed  to  SiJriiiglield.  111.,  studyini:  l.aiv 
under  Stuart.  Edwards  &  Brown. 

Mr.  Smalley  was  married  Xovemher  1(>.  18(>r>.  to  Miss  M.  F.  Carsun.  of 
Woodburn.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S(>7.  removing  tln'  sanu'  year 
to  Cai'linville,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in  the])ractice  nf  his  pivjfession. 

He  was  a  studioxis  and  conscientious  lawyer,  but  close  application  tt)  study 
and  business  at  length  proved  too  severe  a  strain  for  a  constitution  not  verv 
strong,  and  he  died  before  i-eaching  middle  ago.  Xovemlicr  s.  1S7.-.  .nfter  an 
illness  of  three  weeks.  He  was  buried  at  Hunker  llill.  ill.  His  wife  ;i]id 
two  children  now  reside  at  Woodburn.   111. 

*F.EX.1A.MIX  F.  SFEXCE.  -  -  -  (Huidcer  Hill.)     T»ied  in  Texas. 

♦.lOHX  V.  WKKX.  ...  -  (Sjiring  Hills,  o.i     Ippi'r  .\ll(Ui 

Hied  at  college  in  tli(>  inidsi  .)f  liis  course.     He  w.is  a  very  taiihlul  student. 

and  an  earnest  ;ind  d«>voled  Christaan.     Was  preparing  himself  to  l.alior  as  n 

missionary  on  the  foreign  hold,  but  in  tlie  prime  (»f  his  strong  young  m;inhood 

was  smitten  wilii  tyidioid  fever,  and  dieil  in  liis  room  in  tiio  pormitory  in  isct. 

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The  funeral  was  liekl  in  the  old  Chapel,  and  when  President  Read  asked  for 
some  one  wno  would  "take  Wren's  place"'  in  preparation  for  the  work  of  a 
foreign  missionary,  two  students  responded. 

1860-61. 

JOHN  A.   COKY.  ---.-.  JorseyviJle. 

*v.TORN  R.  CCnVEN.  ---..-.  (Terseyville.i 

OLIA'ER  J.  FLICK.  -----      4;{0  Bnchtel  Ave.    Akron.  (). 

AVas  boi'n  in  Somerset  Co..  Pa.,  in  1838,  and  upon  the  death  of  his  father 
in  1849  emigrated  to  Ohio,  and  thence  to  Northern  IlMnois,  still  lajer  remov- 
ing to  Madison  Co.,  and  attending  ShurtlefL'  College  during  the  exciting  period 
of  the  war.  His  youth  was  a  time  of  hard  struggle,  as  he  was  compelled  to 
rely  wholly  upon  himself  for  his  means  of  support.  H'orvvever,  he  attended 
college  for  several  years,  though  not  continuously,  teaching  school  for  a  time 
In  order  to  help  himself  along. 

After  leaving  college  .several  years  were  spent  in  Missouri.  Kansas  and 
Colorado,  and  In  187o  he  went  to  CaliCorni;!  and  has  since  lived  in  the  West, 
until  recently.  Mr.  Flick's  life  has  been  a  checkered  and  adventuroixs  one. 
and  he  has  heen  engaged  in  many  different  pursuits,  such  a^?  silver  mining 
and  Indian  fighting.  He  has  lived  for  longe;"  or  shorter  periods  in  each  State 
and  territory  west  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  visited  nearly  every  mining 
camp  in  the  West,  but  strangely  enough  has  never  met  a  single  ShurtlefF 
College  man  in  all  his  travels.  He  was  living  in  Seattle  at  the  time  of  r!i<- 
great  fire,  and  sustaaiicd  considcrnbh^  loss.    He  has  never  married. 

tFRKDKIUCK  S.  (JILIIorSEN.  -  -  -  .  iSugar  Creek.  .Mo.) 

REV.  IMOEEAY  FLETCHER  (IKAY.  B.  J>..  M.  D.  -  -  St.  Louis,  M(,. 

Baptist  clergyman.  Pastor.  INIankato.  Minn.:  Faribault.  Minn.;  Hannibal. 
Mo.:  St.  Louis,  MO.  in  Fiiited  States  :Military  Service.  18t)S-(ir».  Afterward 
took  a,     course  in  mi'iiciiie,  and  became  a  practicing  phy.slcian. 

REV.  CHARLES  A.  HOBBS,  D.  D.  -  -  -  -  Delavan.  Wis. 

Was  born  near  Clayton.  Adams  Co.,  111.,  April  21.  184-1.  His  father.  Rev. 
AVm.  Hobbs.  Avas  an  early  and  prominent  Baptist  minister  in  Illinois. 
Charles  began  Jiis  course  of  study  at  Shurtleff  College  in  18G0-G1.  and  grad- 
uated in  18(;!>.  liis  studies  being  inteiTupted  by  tliree  years  of  service  in  the 
United  Stat(>s  army  during  tlie  Civil  W;vr.  He  was  valedictorian  of  his  class, 
receiving  the  Osborn  prize  for  scholarsliip.  He  studied  theology  for  a  time 
at  Shurtleff  College,  but  afterward  attended  the  Union  Theological  S&minary 
of  ('hicago.  now  th>e  Divinity  Scliool  of  the  University  of  Chicago.  In  1872 
he  received  the  degree  of  B.  I),  from  Union  Theological  Seminary. 

He  first  spent  ten  years  as  pastor  at  Mason  City,  111.,  afterward  remov- 
ing to  Batavia,  111.    After  four  and  a  half  years  at  the  latter  point,  he  ac- 

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ceptfHl  tli«^  rail  of  lilt'  cliiipcli  at  Dvlavan,  A\is.,  iMitiTiii;,'  iiixtii  liis  <lntios 
tlunv  May  1.  1SS4.     He  still  holds  tliis  iiastoratc. 

Dr.  Hoblis"  mililary  rocon)  was  vciy  rrcdiialilf.  He  was  in  artivi' 
service  diiriiiir  tlic  tlirco  years  nj'  jiis  army  life,  iiarticipaliiii.'  in  Hh'  i-aiii- 
paigu  and'  sie.ae  of  ^■i(•kshm•;;.  Diiriii'^-  liis  si-rvicc  on  ilic  Held  he  wrotf 
accounts  of  battle  and  ai-iiiy  cxixTieiu-c  for  tiie  iiapcis  imhlislicd  In  Alton. 
nu<\  was'sfylrd  "Oiir  AN'ar  ( 'oiit'spoiideiil." 

Dr.  Iloblis  has  lietMi  proiiiiiieiit  in  literary  -woru,  and  is  tlie  author  of  a 
number  of  beautiful  poems.  "Vieksburfr."  an  epic  ])(>em.  and  a  Christmas 
poem  entitled  "Kabes  of  Hethlehem,"  have  been  itiiblished  in  book  form.  The 
Baptist  Publication  Society  has  just  issued  another  of  Mr.  Ilobbs'  works 
coverlnjr  a  period  of  experience  in  Illinois,  entitled  "Hoys  of  I'rinceville.  ,)'• 
Tenipi>rance  lieforin  in  llie  Fifties  ami  After."  He  has  coiitribmeil  qniii; 
largely  to  newspapers,  magazines  and  reviews,  one  of  his  most  notable 
articles.  "AUeg'ed  Cruelty  of  (Jod  to  tjie  C.inaanites."  having:  been  i)nblished 
in  the  Baptist  Review.  .\s  a  jjastor  and  i)re.ic];er  he  stands  amon^  the  best. 
and  'i.s  very  hij^hly  esteefned  by  his  co-laborers.  Ilis  church  at  l>clavau 
occupies  a  position  of  prominence  amonj;  the  Wisconsin  Kaiitists.  and  he  Is 
very  active  and  enthusiastic  in  !>.  V.  I',  r.  work. 

•JOHN  MILTON  HOBIiS.  -  -  Died  on  the  battlefield  at  VicksburR. 

Older  brother  of  Dr.  C.  A.  Hobbs;  was  born  XovemI)er  (1,  1S4'J.  near  Clay- 
ton. Adams  Co..  111.  He  had  spe-nt  but  a  few  moiitlis  in  study  ;ii  Slim-tleff 
College  when  the  call  came  for  volunteers  in  the  service  of  the  country,  and 
he  enlisted  in  the  I'hirty-third  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  serving  gallantly 
for  nearly  two  y(\'i rs.  a(  lenstli  yielding  up  his  young  life  on  the  altar  of 
human  liberty  .Inly  (">.  1M'>.'t.  He  was  engaged  in  tlie  siege  and  eaptiire  of 
Vicksbnrg.  dying  two  days  after  tlie  surrender,  his  death  being  due  mainly 
to  the  exposure  and  hardshi])  he  liad  undergone.  He  died  in  tliv  blessed 
assurance  of  eternal  life  beyond  the  grave,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in 
the  National  Cemetery  at   Vick.sbnrg. 

He  was  sincere,  brave,  self-sacriliciiig  and  generous,  and  liis  brief  life  wa^ 
a  success.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  l.e  alile  to  iircseiii  in  our  SoldlnM-  Boy  De- 
partment an  excelh  lit  engraving  of  tlie  sjiDt.  marktd  by  the  Hag  lie  loved, 
where  John  .M.  Hobbs  has  long  lieeii  sleciiiiig  the  sleep  tlial  knows  no 
awakening. 

*.TOHN    .M.    KINO. I'ekin. 

Born  .March  20.  1,S44.  Entered  upon  a  cour.se  of  study  at  Shurtleff  Col- 
lege, but  left  at  the  tlrst  call  for  vidunteers.  and  died  suddenly  at  his  honn^ 
in  IVkin.  December  21.  ISC-l.  from  the  efl'eets  of  his  army  life.  "W  very  in- 
teresting, able  young  man." 

tOEORGE  W.  STOCKKR.  ......  dpper  Alton.. 

tA.   O.   SITTON. (Trivoli.) 

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JOHN  EATON  VEItffREES,  A.  M. Pittsfield. 

Was  born  April  12,  1839,  at  Perry.  Pike  Co.,  Hi.  He  entered  Slnirtleff 
Collegre  in  18G0,  and  graduated  in  1804,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and 
later  A.  M.  in  course.  He  spent  five  months  in  the  Volunteer  Service  of  the 
United  States  in  18(14.  For  eighte'en  years  he  held  the  Presidency  of  the 
Grand  lUver  College,  Edlnburg.  Mo.,  mow  at  Gallatin,  INIo.).  He  afterward 
held  for  a  term  the  office  of  Superintendeut  of  the  Gnindy  Co..  Mo..  Public 
Schools. 

Mr.  Vertrees  has  been  married  twice— to  Miss  A.  A.  Ayer,  of  Janesville. 
Wis.,  in  August,  18G7,  aiirl  Miss  S.  J.  Peery,  of  Ediuburg.  Mo.,  June,  1875. 
Since  1882  he  has  been  quite  successfully  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Pittsfield. 

♦LIEUT.  PETER  G.  WEYHRICH.        -  -  -  (Pekin.j     Died  in  the  Avar. 

*yGEOR(4E  WHYTE.  ..-..--         (Jersey ville.^ 

tRORERT  H.  WHYTE.  ...--.  (Jerseyville.) 

1861-62. 

tWILLIAM  S.  ANDERSON.  ..--.-  (Belleville.) 

REV.  HENRY  HUDSON  BEACH.  A.  B.  ...         Charles  City,  la. 

Was  born  July  24.  1844.  in  EatO'u.  ^Madison  Co..  N.  Y.  During  his  firs't 
.vear  at  Shurtleff  College.  1801-2.  he  completed  the  required  wfU'k  of  two 
yeai'S,  at  I'ength  graduating  in  Juno.  18(!(>.  having  spent  110  days  in  the 
TTniited  States  Military  Service.  He  was  principal  of  tlie  Bunkt-r  Hill.  111.. 
High  School  for  a  time;  entered  Newton  Tlipological  Seminary  in  September. 
1SG6.  graduating  in  June.  ISOi*.  On  July  1,  1809,  lie  was  married  at  Brooklyn. 
N.  Y'.,  to  Miss  Catherine  F.  Wells,  of  that  city. 

The  pastorates  of  Rev.  Iicach  have  included  Znucsvilh'.  (>..  whrre  he  was 
ordained  pa.stor  of  the  Market  Street  Baptist  Clnn-cli  in  January.  1870;  Syci 
moi-e  Street  Church.  Milwaukee,  AVis.;  Owatniiua.  Minn.;  Lake  City.  Minn.; 
'Sheboygan  Falhs..  Wis.;  Api)reton,  Wis.;  Leadville,  Colo.;  BroadAvay  Baptisi 
Churcli.  Denver,  Colo.;  (i olden,  Colo.;  and  Charles  City,  la.,  where  he  began 
his  labors  November  18,  1894.  and  is  still  engaged  in  the  work. 

♦REV-  CHAUNOEY  E.  BRISTOL.  A.  B.  .  .  .  Hopkimton.  N.  Y. 

He  was  gifte'd  witli  a  very  fine  voice,  becoming  prominent  as  a  soloist  in 
the  public  exercises  at  college.  He  was  a  devoted  student,  a  nolile  young 
num.  preparing  himself  for  work  on  the  foreign  mission  field.  This  work, 
however,  he  never  entered  upon,  .ilthDUgh  ho  :preached  for  some  time  at  ^li'- 
ford.  O.,  and  Fulton,  Kan. 

REA'.  ADDISON  LEWIS  COLE,  D.  D.  -  -  -  Santa  Ana,  Cal. 

Was  born  in  Culpepper  Co.,  Va..  February  9,  1831.    He  was  brought  up 

on  a  farm  in  Illinois,  where  he  worked  until  the  age  of  27.  when  he  entered 

the    Preparatory    I)epartnu'nt   of    Sliurtleff    College.       lie    worked    his    way 

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through  ciitin'ly  witliout  (l<»lit,  pradualiiif;  witli  the  class  (»r   i.S(ii'.     He   was 
tho  first   stiKh'iil    to  I'litir  Ihi-  ii(>\v  Thcohiyical   Iicpartiiiciit   of  ShurtldT  Cul 
U'iiC  Irniu  whicli  ih'i>artm('iit   he  .iri-adtiati'd  in  ISC.C.   wiih   ilu-  dc;,'!"!'!'  of   K.   I> 

Ik'  was  ofthiiiicd   liy   thi'   rppiT  Alton    Haiitist    Cimii  li.  aflcrwaid   lioidiii^ 
pastorates   at    Owa'toiuia.    .Minn.:    (Irand    .Xvcmic    ("lini-cli.    .M  il  wanUcc,    Wis.; 
Contfal  Clnifcli,   .Minncaiiojis.   Minn.;   St.  ("Innd.   .Minn.:    I'irsi    (■liunJi.   S.cia 
menti),    Ca!..    and    l>i.\on,    ("al.     lie    look    a    (Mnu'sc    in    nicdi<-in.'    at    I>ansvilli'. 
N.  Y..   ISTI-TC. 

.Ml-,  ("oic  has  l.tvn  very  successful  in  his  iiasioral  worU.  whicli  lias  lie.  n 
markcil  by  steady  jrrowth  in  the  ciiurrhes  of  which  he  had  chai'iiie.  lie  has 
been  active  in  Snnday  School  work,  and  often  .Modefatof  of  piiltlic  .iratlieriii;.'s 
and  Sunda.v  School  conventions:  was  for  years  special  a.ircnt  ot  the  .Vnicricaii 
Bihlo  Union,  .•iiid   ff(><inently  in  the  lectufe  Held. 

Mr.  Cole  has  iicii  twice  inarriod— to  Miss  Mary  .M.  Sew.ill.  in  is.".:;,  niid 
to  Miss  I.anra  Kniina  Alorse  in  1 STS.  He  has  always  liein  a  ninsician,  and 
has  lectured  on  the  snliject  of  Chiiicli  .Music.  il<>  w'as  Chaplain  of  the  Min- 
nesota Senate  for  two'  years:  also  Secretary  of  California  Cnllcire  for  two 
years,  receivinji-  the  (h\a;rpe  of  1>.  I>.  in  issi  Ironi  that  ins.titntion.  Since 
1882  he  has  resided  in  Santa  Ana.  Cal..  havini:  now  retired  from  .active 
service. 

tC,EOR(;E  W.  (iKlFFIN. (Mascontah.i 

in:V.  WILLIAM  HEXKY  STED^LVX.  1).  D.  -  -  -  Champaiirn. 

Was  born  Au.srust.  12.  1840,  in  Bedford  Co..  I'a.  lie  entered  SlmrtletT  Col- 
lejre  hi  the  fall  of  18r.2.  .irradnatino;  in  ISdO  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  lie  w.as 
married  .Inne  13.  ISOD.  to  Miss  Hello  Kiniberlin.  of  Ivonisian.a.  Mo.  He  li;is 
been  pastor  succes.^ively  at  SlH>M)yviIle.  Areola.  Crhana  and  Mendota.  111.: 
Detroit.  .Mich..  ;ind  Clianipaitrn.  III.,  haviiig  been  eiiga.^'ed  in  the  woii<  ;ii  th" 
latter  point  for  ilic  p.ist  tour  ye.irs.  ii(>  received  the  Ucgrei'  ot  I  >.  i ».  tnuii  ins 
Alma  Mater  in  iss;». 

*nARL()\\'  .M.  STKIOET.  -          (I'ocaiioiUas.  i     Hied   in  the  w.ir.  at    Xicksbiirg. 

Kl'W.Mjn  A.   STIAUT.  ......          .I;i<-ksMiivillc. 

tTI10:MAS  -M.  Tini'LETT.  -  - d'erry.! 

tEKENEZEU  WIHTXEV.  --.-..            (Keokuk.    la.i 

1862-63. 

HENRY  MAin  YX  CAIIU. Alton. 

Was  Imumi  in  Chardon.  ()..  in  the  celebrjiled  ■"Wesiern  licscrve,"  May  If,. 
184."..  With  his  f.ather.  Uev.  L.  C.  Carr.  ho  came  to  Moline.  111..  In  IS'C. 
and  in  Angiist.  isr.l.  tlie  family  settled  in  .lersr yville.  111.  While  living  here 
he  i'ntered  Sliurileff  College  in  ISC.:!,  during  the  slorniy   war  iicrin<l.     I'iii.in- 

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cial  stress  cut  short  his  oollefje  course,  and  he  entered  connnercial  life  in 
APtoTi.  111.,  early  In  1807,  having-  continm^d  in  business  in  that  city  e\'er  since. 
AVhile  seeking  no  office  of  a  public  nature,  Mr.  Carr  has  nevertheless  occu- 
pied many  positions  of  responsibility.  For  twenty-two  years  he  has  been 
Treasurer  of  the  Alton  !i:iptist  Diui'di.  In  ISST  he  was  elected  Treasurer  of 
the  Baptist  (T-eneral  Associntion  of  Illinois,  which  office  he  still  holds.  II" 
has  twice  been  chosen  President  of  the  Alton  City  School  Itoard.  Mr.  Cai'i- 
is  at  present  seiwiug  u]mn  the  Shurtleff  Coliege  Board  of  Trustees,  and  is  a 
member  of  its  Executive  Committee. 

tltOEERT  M.  CRAIG.  .....--  I A  vision.) 

GEORGE  R.  FERGTTSON.  -  -  -  -  ■  Wasliin.i^tou.  I).  C. 

P_]mp]oyed  in  the  I'^ei>artmeni  fif  A.ii'i'iculture. 

REV.  CHARLES  THOMAS  FLOYD.  A.  B.  ■  -  Mound  Valley.  Kan. 

Was  born  in  Kentucky  June  15,  ISol.  Graduated  from  the  classical 
course  :ix  Shurtleff  Colle^ge  in  18(i7.  Pastor  of  the  Baptist  Churches  in  Puehlo 
and  Canon  City.  Col.,  ISOU-TO;  BroAvnsville,  Mo..  1870-72;  lola,  Kan.,  1872-70: 
Independence,  Kan.,  1870-79;  Colunduis,  Kan.,  1879-80;  Chetopa,  Kan.,  ISSO- 
83;  Mound  City,  Kan..  188:5-8:.;  Mound  Valley,  Kan.,  1889  to  date. 

Mr.   Eltjyd   was     niai'ricd    in    IKO;)   to   Miss   Mary     M.    Miller,   of     Pleasant 
Hill.  ]\Io. 
REV.  .lONATHAN  M.  LAPPIX.  -  .  .  .  Washington.  Ind. 

AIDLIA  C.   McELVAIX.  -  -  -  -  -  -  I  >u    Quoin. 

AVas  born  June  1,  18-i;},  and  reared  on  liis  father's  farm.  In  tli:'  fall  oi' 
1802  he  entered  Shurtleff  College,  but  in  ^lay,  1804,  enlisitiMl  witli  a  nnml;c>' 
of  other  students,  in  Company  I>,  One  Hundred  and  Thirl y-third  Illinois 
Volunteers.  Cap't.  -folin  Carstons.  of  Coal  P>r;inch,  comm.'indini.;'.  rp;in  i;:Mni;: 
mustered  out  of  service  in  September.  1804.  he  si)cnt  anotlicr  yc.ir  of  study 
at  Shurtleff.  flis  later  life  li:is  l;cen  devoted  to  farming  in  tlie  vicinity  of 
Du  Quoin. 

WILLIAM   F.  MITCHELL.  M.  D.  .  .  .  .  Lancaster,   Mo. 

(Jraduated  from  the  Department  of  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Mich'- 
gan  in  1808.  afterward  taking  post-graduate  courses  in  Chicago  and  New 
York,  giving  special  attention  to  diseases  of  the  eye.  ear,  iw<se  and  tiiroat. 
Dr.  Mitchell  has  been  a  conti'ibiitor  to  several  of  the  medical  journals  of  th^ 
country,  and  frequently  delivers  addresses  before  medical  associations  and 
conventions. 

ROBERT  J.  MITCHETiL,  A.  :\I..  M.  I).  -  -  -  -  -         Girard. 

Graduatetl  in  1871  from  Rush  ^ledical  College,  Chicago,  111.,  and  lias  sinc^' 
been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  proft^ssion  a.t  Girard.  111. 

REV.    ORSON   B.    REATT.  ......  Alhambra.    Cal. 

Has  been  largely  engaged  in  evangelistic  work. 

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REV.  WALTER  S.  D.  SMITH.        ....  -  Piiifkn.'yvillo. 

Cashier,  rincknoyvllle  Milliii-r  Co.  Also  ii.islor  of  iwo  I'.Mplist  Clinrclifs 
ill  tlu»  vicinity. 

IS.VAC  NEW'IYlX   WlSWELl..  ---...        W.n.  rluo. 

1863-64. 

tJ.    AN  PERSON.  .......  iWon.'^nnj:.) 

REV.  ALBERT  M.  BACON.  r.(i.-,s  Wal):isli  Ave.  Cliica^';). 

*I10N.    IIENRT   OLNEY   TiTLLIN(;S.  .  .  .  .  .  Alton. 

Was  l:oru  at  .\llon  in  IS.Ki;  liio  sosi  of  .hid.Lrc  IL  W.  I'.illiii;rs.  His  yoiitli 
was  passed  in  Alton.  After  a  year  at  SliurtlelT  Colleire  ii;'  liecanie  a  student 
in  Racine  Colleue,  and  afterward  u'radnared  from  tlie  .Mhany  Law  Sciiool  in 
1S7L'.  He  i)raoriced  law  in  Alton  for  several  years  aihl  wa.s  i)roniinenr  in 
l)olitics  on  the  Deinoeratie  side,  servinji  two  terms  in  tlic  htwer  Ivonse  of  ilie 
Illinois  lA^irislatnre.  Tpnn  Clevt^land's  lirst  election  to  tlie  rresideiicy.  he 
became  diiof  chM-k  of  a  department  in  Washington,  wliich  ollice  he  i\'si;:ned 
in  18SS  in  order  to  take  charjxe  of  a  Covernment  Land  Otlic*'  in  Idalio.  Eive 
year.s  later  lie  enjj;a.u:ed  in  l)nsines.s  at  Minneapolis.  Minn.  Here  his  health 
Logan  to  fail,  and  after  a  sallani  tiirht  witli  disi>ase  lie  jiassed  away  in  tlie 
r.rinie  of  lif(>.  Ociolier  1."i.  1^;>.">.     .\  wife  survives  liiii;. 

to.  M.  BROWN.  -  (Terie  Haute.  Ind.i 

tJ.  H.  BULLOCK.  .......  (Tonica.i 

E.  A.  CLEMENT. AFtou. 

♦ISAAC  W.  .MAITIN. Jerseyville. 

Was  liorn  Marcli  1(1.  1.S44.  in  .ferseyville.  111.  where  liis  boyhood  da.vs  were 
spent.  After  a  year  of  study  at  Sliurtleff  ColU'ire  he  bej'rau  teaehing  school, 
but  after  five  nr  six  years  his  health  failed  and  he  was  obliged  to  give  up 
Ills   worlv. 

In  the  yc.ir  IS"!)  li(^  was  married  to  Miss  .M.iry  A.  Licldiii.  His  death  oc- 
ctirred  at  .lerseyville.  .vt'giist  1.  IS!)4. 

*F1,'.\NK  MERIWETHER.         -  -  -  (ShiT»man.)     Near  Taeonia.  Wash. 

Afrer  leaving  Slmrileff  College  he  was  succe.'-.ively  newsboy.  braktMiian 
.•111(1  coiidtictor  on  tii<>  Illinois  Central  Railroad;  afterward  engaging  in  tlie 
hiiiiber  business  at  Ceiitrali.i.  111.  In  ]HS.">  he  went  to  Wasliiiigton  Territory 
f(tr  his  he.'ilth.  and  on  Ai)ril  iL*.  bSST.  was  killed  by  a  falling  tree,  while 
selecting  bridge  timber  in  tlic  mr)untains  near  T.-icoina.  His  body  w;is 
brought  home  and  luiried  ,ii   Sliiimian. 

HEyUV  IMiMlNli  MILLS    .\.  M.  -  -  LMll.'i  First   Si..  San  ni«'go.  Cal. 

Otlirc.    I  .nvyers"   Block. 

Wa.=i  born  in  Monirose,  Snsiinelianna  Co..  Pa.,  .lunc  '2\.  ls."«n.  son  of  Bartlet 

Hinds  Milis.  a  prominenr  Icmiteraiicc  cdui-jitor.  (irg-ini/cr  and  lecturer  in  the 

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Order  of  (!ood  Templars.  His  mother  was  a  Ilalsey,  tracing  liaclv  directTy  to 
Thomas  Halsey.  v\iio  came  from  Hertfordshire.  F^nglaud.  to  INIassacluisetts, 
afterward  settliiiii'  in  Simtliamp.ton,  L.  I.  In  1865  Mr.  Mills"  fatiier  i-emoved 
witli  liis  family  to  T'i)i)er  Alt(m.  111.,  where  Henry  has  lived  the  greater  por- 
th)u  of  his  life.  He  was  educated  at  Shurtleff  Coiiege,  graduating  in  isi:0 
with  the  degree  of  A.  I>.  A  few  years  lattM'  he  received  tlie  degree  of  A.  M. 
from  his  Alma  INIater. 

After  teaching  a  country  school  for  a  yi-ar,  Mv.  ]\Iills  took  up  the  study 
of  law  at  the  St.  Louis  LaAV  School,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1872.  taking 
highest  honors  and  the  prize  for  best  thesis.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
one  year  before  his  gradua.tion.  August  IM).  1877.  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Emma  llrown  Sprague.  Miiose  parents  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
the  ?,Iuskingum  Valley,  Oliin,  emigra.ting  1hitli(>r  from  New  England,  wlierc 
they  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

INIr.  Mills  has  always  avoided  political  offices,  devo'ting  his  entire  time  to 
his  profession.  He  is  llic  author  Ox  "Law  of  Eminent  Domain,"  published 
in  1878,  which  called  foi'  a  second  revised  edition,  ivceiving  favorable  com- 
ment from  laiw  periodical.*  and  the  ^onrts,  and  being  a  standard  reference 
book  oil  the  subject. 

In  the  aiitumn  of  18:)r»  ^Nlr.  Mills  with  his  family  removed  to  San  Diego. 
f'al..  for  the  benefit  of  the  climate.  Here  his  health  has  been  restored  and 
Uc"  IS  at  presi'uf  practi<'ing  his  profession.  He  has  three  beautiful  daughters 
and  two  younger  sons. 

REV.  CALOWAY  NASH,  A.  M.,  D.  D.  -  -  -  -  Jerseyville 

AVas  boi^n  of  Baptist  parentage  in  Union  Co..  Tenn.,  iMarch  18.  1840.  His 
early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm,  witli  the  privilege  of  attending  the  districi 
school  in  the  winter  seasons.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  his  home 
was  laid  waste,  and  as  he  remained  loyal  to  the  old  flag,  he  left  for  the  North 
in  thie  spring  of  18G2,  entering  Shurtleff  College  in  ]8(i3  and  remaining  two 
years.  In  May.  1SG4,  he  volunteered  with  many  oilier  students  in  the  One 
Hundred  and  Tliirty  Third  Illinois  Inf.-uitry,  sjicuding  three  moii.tlis  ;it  Rock 
Island  Barracks,  in  this  short  time  his  licaUli  was  seriously  impaired  by 
malarial  poison  and  indigestion,  which  after  thirty  years  of  service  in  the 
Christian  ministry  has  finally  forced  him  to  retire. 

In  1865  Mr.  Nash  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
of  which  he  has  been  a,  menil)er  since  his  fourteenth  year.  His  active  service 
has  beeii  mainly  in  Southern  Illinois,  having  beon  pastor  in  Brighton.  Upper 
Alton,  Edwardsville,  f^entralia,  Fairfield,  Mt.  Vernon,  Carl)ondale,  Mt.  Car- 
mel,  Olney  and  Jerseyville.  For  four  years  he  was  presiding  elder  of  fiie 
Mt.  yernon  District.  Some  years  ago  the  Grant  Memorial  University  of 
Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  and  in  1894  Mc- 
Kendree  College  honored  him  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  In  1884 
he  was  elected  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  of  his  elm-,  ch  which  con- 

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veiled    ill    riiihulrliiliia.    I';i.,    when'   lie   lind    ilie   liniK.r  i)(  i-.\s\\]i'^   liis    vole   fcir 
\Vni.  'iMvldr  ;is  Missioiuiry  liislioi*  lo  Africa. 

Mr.  .X.isli  li.is  travelrd  extensively  tliruiixliout  llie  I'liiied  Mali  s,  and  i.s 
an  ardent  lover  ef  his  eoiinliy  and  ol"  true  Ainerieanisin.  He  wa.s  niariied 
May  Ki.  l.vct!.  to  .Miss  Kiiiina  A.  rimUard.  of  Alton.  Three  of  his  children 
a!>'  now  livinir. 

^yllKV.  FKAXCIS  .N.Wl.oK.   l;.   1 ».  lUnoiiiin;,'Ion. 

S.  S.   Ol.MsriOAl).  .  .  I'.nnker  Hill. 

^Vas  ttorn  in  Jersey  Co..  HI.,  .laniiai.x  17.  1S44.  Si.\  years  later  his  parents 
romuved  lo  Shipniau.  Macoupin  V».  Aliei-  two  years  spent  in  study  at  Shun- 
left"  College,  he  settleil  upon  a  f.inii  iie.ir  I'.unk*  ;  Hill,  wliicli  ha-s  sine*-  hwii 
his  home.  On  Decenilier  L'S.  l,s,;.-,.  lu-  w.-is  inaiiied  lo  .Miss  M;iiy  K.  Snialley. 
of  Bunker  Hill. 

Ki>WAU]>  IMIILLII'S.  -  -  ."iiic.  Collinsville  Ave..  East  St.  l.oiiis. 

Kngaged  in  bus'ness  al    the   .N.il  i(iiial   Slnck   Yards. 

|-(r.  X.  SlMl'SOX.  .......  ,i{i,.ii   Prairie. I 

KKV.   A1»I>1S(>.\    r.lSlior  TO.MI.I.XSO.X.    i;.    D.  -  -  Teiniic.    Ariz, 

Was  imrii  in  Adams  ("o..  111..  T'chi'iiary  --.  1.S41.  ('onverhd  al  llie  a.u'c  oi 
IS.  1h>  soon  fell  called  lo  pr(>ach  llie  (idspcl.  He  ;;radnalfd  in  llienluizy  :ii 
Shurtleft'  Colle.^e  in  IStJC,  and  has  since  devoted  his  life  to  the  Wi)rk  of  soni- 
winnin.ir.  in  which  (Jod  has  greatly  bh'.ssod  liks  eftorts.  He  is  at  present  ver.\ 
l)leasantly  situated  as  pasitor  at  'J'empe.  Ariz.,  wheie  the  Territorial  Norma: 
School  is  located.  ^Ir.  Tomlinson  was  .Moderator  of  the  Arizmia  Baptisi 
Association  in  lSi»T. 

in:V.  DAVli*  ('.  WTLKIXSOX.  -  -  :',17  I-:.  Sevemli  St..  Oll.iw.i,   K.iii. 

He  left  lliii  old  home.s.Kad  in  Ihe  siiriiig  id  IS.V.t.  and  w  ciil  \Vcsi  "in  ur.iw 
up  with  the  cotmtry,"  settlin.g  on  the  site  of  Louislmrg,  Kan.,  wher*'  he  eii- 
ga.ged  in  farmiii,:?.  He  was  converted  in  ISlU.  Hi'  passed  through  the  "l?o?-- 
der  Ti  nor  War"  wi(h  a  Company  of  si.xty  men.  Soon  afterward  he  returned 
lo  his  old  home  in  .Manchesler.  111.  P.eing  advised  hy  lOlder  Kafferly  and 
other  Baptists  to  altenil  Shurilefi  ('iillcg;'.  lie  ai  once  eiiiered  thai  institution, 
where  he  was  warmly  welcomed  hy  rresidcnt  Head  and  iMliers.  Diirin.ir  liis 
period  of  study  in  Shurtleft.  he  did  ronsiderable  missionary  wmk  al  ('n:il 
Branch  and  other  points  in  the  vicinity  of  I'pper  Alton.  In  isdi;  he  s|iriii  lii>; 
vacation  preaciiing  in  Kansas,  and  siioke  the  last  words  of  Impe  in  ihe 
notorious  Ben.  Louis  jirior  to  his  e-Mcnlion  on  Ihi  loth  «d'  .Viignsi.  On  his  re- 
tin"n  to  college  in  Seplemhcr.  he  Itrought  two  Miami  Indi;iiis  with  him.  .M 
length  his  hcallh  ciuiiiicll' d  him  lo  give  up  his  siudies,  ami  he  spent  fdiir 
years  in  fTie  emplny  of  the  American  Tr.ici   Sm-ii  ly. 

In  lS(;j)  .Mr.  Wilkin.son  went  to  Kansas,  wli.'re  he  w.is  insi  nimeiiial  in  liie 
(>i'g;inization  of  the  ".Miami  HajiliSi  .Nssucialiim."  Several  .\iMrs  of  success 
ml  labor  was  accomplished   iimlrr   the  auspices  of  this  association.  chiirche> 

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being  organized  and  chiircl"  edilices  erected,  wliile  the  revival  meetings  were 
blessed  in  the  conversion  of  many  souls. 

On  account  oT  tailing  hcaltli.  Kev.  ^^'illcihson  retired  some  years  ago  froui 
active  iinstoral  worlc,  altliDiigli  he  still  continued  to  preach  a  portion  of  the 
lime.  He  now  holds  a  city  office,  and  as  his  health  returns  expects  to  de- 
vote himself  again  entirely  to  the  ministry. 

t.I.  WILSON. 

7.M.  WILSON. 

1864-65. 

;  ALBHirr  FUANKLIN  I'.AIUD.  .  .  .  .  .Meclianicsburu. 

AMOS  EDWARD   SENEOW.  -  -  -  -  -  Epper  Alton. 

"\^'as  iboru  in  Wood  River  Township,  near  Alton.  111.,  Eebruary  20,  1850, 
the  son  of  Richard  Morcroft  Benbow  and  Triphena  Hurlbut-Beubow.  His 
father  was  born  in  Worcestershire,  England,  tracing  his  ancestry  directly  to 
Admiral  John  Benbow.  wlio,  when  his  leg  iiad  been  shot  off  in  a  naval  en- 
gagement, ret  used  to  go  below,  but  lay  ia  ids  hammoclv  and  commanded  his 
squadron  until  the  victory  Mas  Avon.  Riciiard  Benbow  come  tO'  America 
before  he  had  quite  completed  liis  college  course,  landing  ai  New  Orleans 
after  a  two  months'  voyage  in  the  sailing  ves.sel  Sir  liichard  Cobden.  He  at 
once  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  tlien  removed  lo  Peoria,  and  still  lai^n-  removed 
to  Madison  Co.,  111..  Avhcrc  lie  engaged  in  farming  near  Alton.  Here  the  sub- 
ject of  our  sketcli  was  born  Eebruary  20,  IS.jO.  His  father  moved  into  Upper 
Alton  when  Amos  was  only  a  year  old,  and  here  the  boy's  youth  waa  spent 
in  attending  the  public  .school  of  the  village.  Later,  he  attended  Shurtleff 
College  for  three  years. 

Mr.  BenboAV  has  hlled  a  large  number  of  responsible  offices  in  villa.;'-, 
county  and  State,  having  been  almost  cjnstautly  in  the  public  eye  for  the 
past  thirty  years.  He  has  been  Mayor  of  Upper  Alton,  .Justice  of  ihe  E.-ace. 
Assessor,  Deputy  United  States  Mar.sha)  for  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois 
and  Secretary  of  the  Madison  County  Democratic  Executive  Commit'tee.  He 
has  been  very  prominent  in  works  of  public  improvement  in  our  village.  For 
several  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  and  was  one  of  Tn-; 
active  promoters  in  the  erection  of  our  new  business  block  frout»d  with  gran- 
itoid pavement.  He  has  long  advocated  a  good  system  of  water  works  for 
Upper  Alton,  and  figured  extensively  upon  the  cost  of  a  plant  in  this  town. 

At  present  Mr.  Benoow  is  representing  a  large  amount  of  c-apital  in  the 
mtroduction  of  the  new  Acetylene  (las  Light.  He  has  the  general  agency  for 
Illinois  and  a  portion  of  ^Missouri,  liis  lu'adquarters  being  at  Alton.  We 
present  Mr.  Benbow's  pictiu'e  in  tlie  uniform  of  Sergeant  .^la.^or  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.     He  is  also  an  Odd  l-cllow  and  a  Mason. 

?A6 


1.  Frank  B.   Black.    76. 

2.  'Fannie  N.  Biilkley-RoLeits 

3.  Edward  C.  Dennv.  ^y^. 

4.  Kingman  N.  Morrill,  '78 

5.  Charles  A.  \'allette.  '73. 

6.  John  H.  Duncan,    77. 
7-  W.  Sanford  Gee,  '72. 

'Deceased. 


PLATh  "n." 

H.    Henrv  Sriiiili/.  ■-(,. 

y.   Uailie  S.|iiicrMiidKull.  •-, 
i<>.    Rita  S.  Wclistcr.  'Ni 
>i.  I  aura  H.  Phillips  Baker,   76. 
12.   Nellie   KisinK-KnIow,    ^s 
i.i.   Justus  I,.  Bulklev.  '76. 
i|.   Will  I-.  \\  Hiker,  •77 


iv   Kiioch  loliMson.  '7.;. 

Id    .Sauiuel  A.  I'errine.   77. 

17-  ♦Newton  J.  McCorniick,   ■7.). 

18.  Ceorgia  flark  Cany, '78. 

ig.  James  I.  Taylor,  ■7^. 

-'<..  A    May  BlackClavton,  ■7^. 


IJOIl.X   CHAWFOKI*  COX. i  KiK.xvillc.  T.-uti.i 

lauulii   Inr  suiiic  linic  ainnnu   ilit-  cdlorfil  iicciplc  in   iiic  S(i;;ili. 

m:\.  I>A.\ii:i,  HAI.I.   l»KAKi:.  a.   l;.,   it.   I».  Wauki-slia,   Wis. 

Al"u-f  lii-adi.aiiu.i:  Irdin  inc  classical  course  ..f  Sliuiiiclf  Ci.llcjiL'  in  l,St»l»,  ho 
siiout.  a  .year  in  tlii'  siiul.v  of  iln'iilit;.;^  ami  tlii'u  ifiiiuvcd  to  I'cwaiiki'i',  Wis., 
wliero  lie  was  (iidaiiu'ii  pastor  in  Doeeiulior,  ISHK  l.aler  on,  Iw  rosunu'il  his 
tluH»lu.sj:ieal  studies  In  ('liicaj;o,  coiiiijletiiii;  tin*  eoiuse  in  -May,  ISTo.  Ho  was 
at  once  accei)ted  as  a  missionar.v  to  tiu'  Telujius.  Ixit  did  not  sail  until  Seii- 
"(iiilier.  lST-1.  Ill  licc(iiih(r.  1S7."».  .Mr.  iMake.  in  coiiiiiany  willi  Uev.  .1.  L. 
C'lough.  \;siied  Km  iiool.  a  in  u  missicu  siaiioii.  and  here  .Mr.  Dralve  in'jcan 
wark  in  .luiy,   ISTd. 

In  Mareii.  1871),  Kev.  Itrake  was  cuniiielled,  on  accuiini  ol  lailiiiLC  liealtli, 
to  rilurn  to  Anu'rica  to  recuiieraie.  .Mler  eijilii  years  in  lius  l.iiid,  llire<.'  ol 
wliicii  were  spent  iu  ( 'alitOniia.  no  reiuriied  to  .Madras,  airivin.L:'  llieie  Deeen;- 
Iter  ;j,  l.SST.  On  lite  ITtli  uf  .January.  ISSS.  he  was  ni;irried  In  .Miss  1.  "i\  Aic-v 
ander.  of  Toronto,  Canada,  \\iili  wliuin  lie  liad  iiavek'd  I'roni  I'xisinn.  They 
lalioi\>d  tojretlier  in  .Madras  until  Si'pteniber  21.  ISiH.  when  .Mrs.  Drake  died 
of  cholera.  Shortly  afttu'ward,  .Mr.  Drake  spent  a  year  and  a  lialf  in  thit-' 
eountry.  lie  then  w  i m  hack  lo  .Madias.  Iml  si.Meeii  niniiihs  ktier  was  aj^aio 
obliged  lo  ri'turu  lo  llie  riilled  Slates,  wliere  lie  lias  since  remained,  a.  eon 
siderable  period  of  time  li.avin.u  lieeii  spent  in  llie  .lackson  Sanatorium  ai 
Dausville,  X.  Y. 


BEXJAMLN   F.  DKAl'EU. 


Malvern,  Ark. 


I'llOF.  1.  D.  FUFLO.N,  A.  .M..  LL.  1',.,  .M    1).  -  .-.(U   Hriuliton  Tlaee,  Fast  St.  Louis. 

Was  born  October  lii.  1S4'J.  ai  La  Fere.  Departmeui  of  the  Aisne,  Fi'auce. 
ami  eame  to  America  with  his  iiaiciiis  iu  1838.  He  entered  ShurllelT  College 
as  a  Sub-Freslimau  iu  18lJ4-(ir>.  ami  .:;iaduated  iu  181U.  While  he.'e  he  was 
prouiiueui  iu  literary  society  W(U-k  and  in  the  Alpiia  /eta  (ilee  (Mul).  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  tlie  •■(,)ni  \  ive."  oai-  lirsi  colU-ge  paper.  He  iveeiv.Hl 
the  l''resfiinau  prize  for  eliiciiiioii  .-iiid  ihe  .Mills  I'rize  .Medal  at  graduation. 
In  September,  187li,  he  accepted  tlie  positimi  of  teacher  of  Frenen  and  LatiJ 
in  li;e  Illinois  Industrial  rniversity  at  riiampaign.  afterward  completing  tin: 
ceurst  at  the  St.  Louis  Law  Sclmul  and  enuji^ing  m  tlie  practice  of  law  in 
St.  Louis. 

In  187.")  .Mr.  Fotiloii  grailiialed  fium  llie  1  limieop.iihic  .Medic.il  College  of 
Missouri,  but  continued  the  practice  of  law  until  ISiU,  when  he  removed  to 
Cahokia,  111.,  and  look  up  tin-  lite  of  a  physician,  in  ISlKi  locating  in  Eassi. 
St.  lA)Uis. 

In  aildilioii  to  his  dtlier  law  woru.  .Mr.  Foulnii  ucciipied  the  Chair  of  .Med- 
ical .lurisiirudence  in  the  llomeopjitliic  .Medii-.il  Cullege  of  Missouri  from  187r» 


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to  1894,  since  which  date  he  has  beeu  Professor  of  Pai'diatrics  in  the  siamo 
institution. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Henrietta  H.  Bradley  at  Champaign,  111.,  June 
3,  1871).  Mr.  Fo'Ulon  as  a  musician,  and  was  editor  of  "Kunkers  Musical  Re- 
view" for  several  years.  He  also  founded  and  edited  in  St.  Louis  for  a  year 
"La  Patriote,"  a  French  weekly.  For  seven  years  he  was  editor  of  "The 
Clinical  Reporter." 

REV.  ROBERIT  GIBSON,  B.  L)..  M.  D.  -  -  -  -  Upper  Alton. 

Was  born  in  Dundas,  Ontario,  January  7,  18:>S.  He  entered  Shiu'tlefC  Col- 
lege in  'j^eptemlier,  isri."*.  where  he  graduated  from  the  Theological  Depart- 
ment in  1SG8.  He  afterward  graduated  from  tlie  Missouri  Medical  College, 
St.  Louis.  Mo. 

June  1).  18(;!),  he  was  married  to  Miss  Agatha  Humbert,  daugliter  of  Dr. 
F.  Humbert,  of  Upper  Alron.  111.  Dr.  (xibson  was  for  three  years  pastor  of 
The  First  Baptist  Churcli  of  Louisiana,  Mo.,  and  for  two  years  pastor  at  Pay- 
son,  111.  Since  1875  he  has  been  practicing  medicine  and  doing  medical  mis- 
sionary work  in  Alton  and  vicinity,  and  preaching  occasionally.  He  has  for 
seventeen  years  been  Superintendent  of  tlie  Cherry  Street  Baptist  Sunday 
School,  the  largest  in  tlie  city  of  Alton. 

Dr.  Gibson  is  the  founder  of  the  Alton  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  of  wliicli  lie  was  the 
first  president.  He  was  at  one  time  Instructor  in  I'hysiology  and  Anatomy 
at  Shurtleff  College  and  is  at  present  a  trustee.  Health  officer  of  Alton  for 
two  years.  President  of  Alton  <'liarity  Work.  Secretary  of  Alton  Humane 
Society. 

tJOHN   HENDERSON.  -------  (Wliitehall  i 

tJOHN  MADISON  JOHNSON.         -  -  -  -         (J.  lir.s  .u's  Depot,  Teun.) 

LEWIS  YOUNG  McADAMS.         ------        Jerseyville. 

JOHN  TIFFIN  McKERNAN.  -  .  .  .  Sarcoxie.    Mo. 

REV.  JOHN  JOSEPH  WILDY  PLACE,  I..  D.  -  -  -  Wahoo,  Neb. 

Was  born  Jaiiuary  9,  183(),  on  his  father's  farm  near  Vevay,  Ind..  wliere  he 
worked  hard  until  17  years  of  age,  attending  tlie  country  scuool  in  the  win- 
ter seasons.  At  tlie  above  age  he  studied  for  six  months  in  tlie  city  school 
of  Vevay,  afterward  spending  one  term  in  Franklin  College.  In  his  twentieth 
year  he  went  to  Illinois  to  look  after  some  land  belonging  to  his  father,  and 
while  there  engaged  a  school  for  tiie  winter,  continuing  to  teach  thereafter 
for  three  yeai^s. 

He  was  converted  in  his  sixteenth  year.  Even  in  his  boyliood  he  felt  a 
desire  to  ibeconie  a  preacher,  and  at  length  voAved  he  would  preach/  if  9iie 
should  never  have  more  than  one  shirt  to  his  back.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Baker  in   Pilvc  Co..   111.,   August  20.   1859,   soon   afterward   spending 

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t  iulilt  I'll  iiiniitlis  ill  his  olil  Iiiili;iii;i  lu)iiu>,  w  licrc  llic  ciiun  ii  licensed  liiin  to 
proiU-li.  He  reliinied  to  llliiiiiis  iii  ISdii,  ;iiul  iliere  siieiit  his  tune  in  l(-aehiny 
school  ami  preaehinj;  lor  iliree  or  four  years,  liaiili/.inv:  about  lifty  cojiverts. 

He  entered  Shurtli'ft  ColU-^e 'I'iieolo.^ieal  1  >ei»aiMineiit  in  ixil.  and  since  his 
uraduatioii  in  ISlIT  has  iu'id  numerous  pastorates  in  Illiiiois.  Florida  ami 
Nehraska. 

tlllHHI  M.  SAMPSON.  - (Veniee.i 

*IION.  ()ll\  Il.Li:  A.  SNEDKKKK.  -  .  .  .  .  .lerseyville. 

Was  Itorii  ill  Jerseyville,  1I1...I  dill'  11,  IMS.  His  early  lile  was  sjicot  at  lioiiie. 
(Uie  mile  east  of  the  town,  with  his  part'iits.  who  coiiducli'd  a  nurs.'ry.  In  his 
ytiuth  111'  studied  in  tlu>  piihlic  school,  alierward  attendiiif^  Sliurtlelf  ("tdiejjje, 
and  tiuishin,n-  his  education  at  The  Commercial  Collefre  uf  Chicago.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  IMl.  :iml  praciiceii  law  siiccessrully  lor  many  years. 
Thiui.irh  a  stroll:;  Ueioililican.  Mr.  SiiedcUei-  was  twice  (  lected  u  the  State 
Le:j;islature  from  a  Democratic  district. 

He  was  married  in  \S~:',  to  Miss  Emma  Hel/.ell.  uf  riiiladeii)hi.i.  who  siili 
lives  in  Jerseyville  with  the  two  suns,  Isaac  and  Frank.  .Mr.  Smileker  was 
a  nuMubor  of  the  Baptist  Clirrch.  and  an  lioiie.vt.  <rod-fearin,ic  man.  His  death 
was  ciiused  li.v  spinal  par.-ilysls.  ami  t)cci;ired  September  4,  ISitT.  at  his  home. 
He  w.'.s  a  nil  niber  of  tlie  I.  ().  ().  F..  .Modern  Woodmen  and  Kiiiirlils  of  Honor. 

tllKXKV  FKA.NCIS  SCIIERU.  .  -  .  .  .  (Si)riii,i:li.  Id.i 

*GEORGE  I.  YEAGEK.  -  -  -  (Fairlmry.i     Aurora,  about   IS'.m. 

1865-66. 

*C.  W.  HALHWI.N.  -  ------  St.   Louis.  .Mo. 

t.TOSEI'H  S.  BAU.XHrUST.  .....  ( Vicksburir.  .Miss.i 

*tLI.\X    l'.E]»HbL.  -......-  (Trenton. I 

WILLIAM   E.  F.ELL.  -  -  i:!Tl   South  Twelfth  Street.  Denver.  Colo. 

Alter  leaviiiir  Sluirtlefl    Colleiri^  he  was  en;xa,Lred   in   the  brick  business   in 
Upper  Alton  tor  rweiil.v  .vears.  durini;  wliiih  lim.-  lie  was  City  Clerk  for  eleven 
.vcars  and  Township  Collector  for  two  years.     In  l»i)  he  removed  to  Sitriiij; 
field.   III.,  where  he  became  Clerk  of  the  State  Seiiat,'  Judiciary  Committre. 
and  afterward  DepuT.v  Fnited  States  Marshal  iu  the  ortici>  of  C.  I'.  Ililch. 

In  Septemlier,  INS'.),  lie  went  West,  iieiiif;  for  a  bm;;  time  in  the  brick  biisi- 
iii-ss  at  Denver,   where  he  still   resides. 

HOKACE  HEHXAKD. I'ayson. 

GEOKGE  EDWIX  I'.L.\CK.  -  -  -  -  -  Chicajio. 

In  tile  Hour  and  fc^'d  luisiiiess. 

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JOHN  H.  BOYER,  M.  D. -  Virden. 

*EDWABD  GORDON  BRAMBLE.  -  .  .  .  .  Decatur. 

Was  born  near  Lalayette,  Incl.,  February  14,  1845.  Here  he  spent  his  early 
boyhood  with  his  parents,  who  moved  to  Ohio  in  1855,  and  three  years  la-er 
to  Decatur,  111.  In  May,  1802,  he  entisted  in  Company  I,  Sixth-eighth  Illinois 
Infantry.  He  was  atterward  transferred  to  Company  B,  Seventeenth  Illinois. 
After  tlie  war  he  spent  some  time  at  Shurtleff  College,  afterAvard  enterine; 
the  employ  of  Postmaster  W.  J.  Usrey,  of  Decatur. 

In  1871  he  accepted  the  position  of  mail  agent  between  St.  Louis  and 
Decatur,  serving  in  this  capacity  until  December,  1881,  when  he  was  seriously 
injured  in  a  wreck  at  Carpenter,  111.  For  seven  years  he  was  mailing  clerk 
under  Postmaster  Lytle  at  Decatur.  He  was  engaged  in  the  confectionery 
and  ice  business  from  1889  until  1893,  when  he  resumed  his  old  position  as 
mailing  clerk. 

His  death  occurred  November  30,  1895,  after  an  illnesis  of  three  mouths. 
He  was  a  genial,  kind-hearted  man,  devoted  to  his  family  and  courteous  to 
all.    He  had  a  very  wide  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 
REV.  HENRY  WOOD  BRAYTON,  A.  M.       -       334  S.  Sixth  St.,  San  Jose,  Cal. 

State  Superintendent  of  the  Children's  Home-Finding  Society  of  Califor- 
nia.   Has  held  several  pastorates  in  the  West. 
LUCIUS  MARSH  CASTLE,  A.  ]\I.  -  -  -  -  -  Springfield. 

Teacher  of  English  Literature  in  Higli  St-lu)ol. 
REV.  LORIN  GEORGE  CATCHPOLE,  B.  D.  -  Black  River  Falls,  Wis. 

Was  born  in  Plaintield,  Will  Co.,  111.,  October  30,  1844.  Childhood  and 
youtli  Avere  spent  upon  the  farm,  assisting  in  its  labors  and  attending  school 
when  opportunity  offered.  At  the  age  of  21  he  spent  a  short  time  in  study 
at  Nortlnvestern  College,  then  at  Plainfield.  afterward  graduating  from  the 
Theological  Department  of  Shurtleff  College  in  1870.  In  August  of  the  same 
year  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  I^a  Salle,  111.,  where  he 
was  ordained  the  following  November.  After  two  years  of  labor  in  this  field, 
he  spent  two  and  a  halt  years  as  pastor  at  Richmond,  Hi.,  and  twenty-one 
years  in  Wisconsin,  at  Waterloo,  Black  Riv«r  Falls,  Wyauwega  and  other 
points. 

From  1888  until  1893  Mr.  Catchpole  ably  filled  tiie  position  of  Financial 
Secretary  of  Wayland  Academy,  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.  He  afterward  held  pas- 
torates at  St.  Charles  and  Minnesota  City,  Minn.,  being  recalled  in  1897  to 
Black  River  Falls,  Wis.,  where  lie  is  still  laboring. 

*OLIN  J.  CLAUSON,  A.  B..  LL.  B.  -  .  -  .  New  York  City. 

Received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1871  from  the  University  of  Rochester; 
LL.  B.,  Columbia  College.  New  Y'ork  City,  1873.  Lawyer  in  New  York  City. 
Died  February  24,  1879,  aged  29  years. 

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.lAMKS  1',.  (  I-I\'l"().\.  -  -  .  .  Il.irv.'v.  St<'vriis  Co..  Wash. 

FKANK  .M.  COAKIi.  :MH\*._.  Kasi   Slate  .str.-.l,  .la.ksoiiviUr. 

EutoriHl  Sliui'ili'ir  ("iilU'i:!'  iimiu'diali'ly  al'lcr  tlirt'c  years"  sfi-\  hm-  in  Hie 
Ignited  States  army  diirini;  ilie  Iteliellioii.  lie  was  a  lunir  lioy.  He  wdre  l>s 
soldier  uiiifoi-in.  and  snlisisied  cliii'lly  mi  Kendall  t-raeUers.  lie  siudied  nniil 
1  or  l!  o'idiirk  in  the  nioruiiiir,  ruse  at  5  and  sawed  wood.  I'orceil  at  last,  <i\\ 
account  of  lack  of  nieaiis,  to  leave  colle^^e  witliotit  ^'radiialiii.i;.  lie  eiijra.ired  iii 
general  inercliaiidiso  business,  whicli  lie  f(dlowed  until  iss'.t.  since  which  d;itf 
he  has  been  an  und<^rtnker. 

NoviMuber  S,  18<»G,  Mr.  Ooard  was  married  to  .Miss  Mary  Kn;ii>i>.  of  W.iver- 
ly.  III.,  dautrhter  of  "rnele  (Jeor.ue  Kuapp,"  so  well  known  to  the  old  settlers 
in  MoTijan  County.  Mr.  Coard  is  an  upright  Christian  man,  and  resp«H'toii 
and  loved  by  hosts  of  acquaintances  aiul  friends.  Hit  was  a  member  of 
Cnmp.any  (J.  One  Ilundretl  .•iiid  First  Illinois,  .and  his  .•uir.y  rcenrd  w:is 
credit.'ililc. 

til.    J.    COCKKEI.L.  -  - (N.wiiern.. 

ARTIirir  L.  COOUESIIALL. Chicago. 

Traveling  salesman  for  an  electi-ical  concern. 

HAKKY  C.  COEE. Chester. 

WILEIAM    W.  COWAN. Virdeii. 

tRAMT\VL  OLIVER  CUKTISS. iTr.Miton.i 

.TFDGE   CIIAIIEBS   NELSON   DANIELS.  -  Willimantic.    Conn. 

Was  born  In  Barre,  Orleans  Co..  N.  Y..  .Inly  L'.  1S4!).  His  fa i her  died  when 
("liarles  was  8  years  old.  and  he  removed  lo  Colund)ia.  Conn.,  with  his  mother 
where  they  resided  until  Charles  was  1(!  yrars  old.  when  ho  en'tered  tlie  I're 
paratoi-j'  Department  of  Shurtleff  Colle.ge.  I'pper  Alton,  111.— this  opportunity 
being  afforded  him  by  his  nnole.  Dr.  Daniel  Read,  who-  was  at  that  time 
President  of  the  Ccdiege,  After  remaining  a  little  more  than  m  year,  circmn- 
stances  compelled  him  lo  give  up  his  course  of  stud.v.  and  he  returned  to 
Connecticut,  where  ho  worked  upon  a  farm  until  21  years  of  ago.  when  he 
entered  the  service  of  a  railroad  comp.any  at  Willimantic,  with  whicli  ho  re- 
mained ten  .years.  lie  then  accepted  tlie  position  of  bookkeeper  fur  a  lum- 
ber firm  in  the  same  city. 

In    1800   President   Harrison    appointPil    Mr.    Daniels    Postmaster   at    Wil 
limantic,  which  office  he  hold  until  1804.     He  was  eleotefl  Judge  of  the  Proli-ite 
Court  for  the  District  of  Windham,   assuming  his  duties  on  the  1st   of  .I:in 
uary,  1807. 

Ho  was  married  in  1877  to  Miss  Susii'  E.  Little.  They  have  two  children. 
Nelson  Archie.  IS.  and  draco  Lillian.  It!,  both  students  of  the  Willimantic 
High   School.    .Iiidgo   Daniels  is  a   Ereemjisiui.    K'niglit   'rmipl.-ir,   odd    T'ellow. 

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member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  A.  O.  U.  W.    In  politics  he  is  and  always 
has  been  a  Repuliliean. 

tSTEPHBN  B.  DANIEL.  ......  (Metropolis.; 

CHARLES  S.  DELAY.  -  -  -         34  Channing  avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

(Care  Mrs.  N.  B.  Browning.) 

fREV.  FRANCIS  M.  DeMARANYILLE.  -  .         -  .  (Decatur.) 

*EDSON  ASA  DODGE.  .  .  .  .         Jerseyville,  September,  1894. 

REV.  WILLIAM  HAMMOND  DORAVARD.  -  -         Napa,  Napa  Co.,  Cal. 

Was  born  in  Little  Hampton,  England,  May  21.  1838.  Came  to  Wisconsin 
in  1849.  Was  converted  at  Neosho,  Wis.,  in  1857.  In  18G3  enlisted  in  thi? 
Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin  Infantry,  being  mustered  out  in  186.5  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  After  three  years  of  study  in  Shurtleff  College,  he  took  a  tTieo- 
logical  course  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  gi*aduating  in  1871.  in  which  year  he  was 
ordained  at  Albany,  beginning  his  ministry  at  Bath-on-the-Hudson  in  August. 
He  was  also  pastor  at  Wilson.  N.  Y.,  for  a  time,  and  then  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  held  pastorates  at  Freeport.  Pontiac  and  Danville.  In  1881,  broken 
in  health,  he  moved  to  Iowa,  Avhere  after  recovering  somewhat  he  preached 
at  various  points— Mapleton,  Oskaloosa.  Sheldon  and  Algona.  For  a  year  and 
a  half  he  was  Financial  Agent  of  Central  University,  Bella,  la. 

After  a  pastorate  at  Faribault.  Minn.,  he  went  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  preach- 
ing at  C/orvallis,  Ore.,  and  supplying  various  churches  in  California,  where  he 
,is  now  residing  in  the  hope  of  recovering  his  health  and  being  able  to  devote 
his  entJre  time  to  the  work. 

God's  blessing  has  been  bestowed  upon  the  pastoral  labors  of  Rev.  Dor- 
ward.  He  has  baptized  210  persons,  and  through  his  Instrumentality  (ivo 
liouse.s  of  worsliin  have  been  erected. 

\A'ILLIA?.[  HART  DUFF.  -  -  .  -  Excelsior  Springs.   Mo. 

Bookkeeper  in  a  flouring  mill. 

tGEORGE  FERRE.  -------  (Mowea^jua.) 

HIRAM  N.  FOSTER.  -  .  -  -  Chitwood,  Lincoln  Co.,  Ore. 

SAMUEL   GOODWIN    FOSTER.  -  -  -  .  .  Aubuvii. 

Editor  and  publisher  of  "The  National  Guardian." 

ELLIOTT  BREBSE  GLASS.  -----  Edwardsville. 

Was  born  at  Centerville,  St.  Clair  Co.,  ill.,  April  10,  1845;  eldest  son  of 
Co  melius  and  Elizabeth  J.  Glass.  While  a  l>oy  he  worked  on  his  father's 
farm,  attending  the  district  school  m  tlie  winter  months.  In  the  fall  of  18G4 
h'.i  entered  Shurtleff  College,  and  remained  there  until  the  spring  of  1868.  H<' 
then  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870  by  the  Supreme  Court 

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of  tilt'  Stall'.  In  ISTi:  lie  was  aiipuiiilcd  Stair's  Alldi-iicy  to  lill  a  vai-ancy. 
niul  ill  the  fall  of  the  same  year  iKmiiiialfd  as  a  caiididatf  <iii  tlic  (irci'lcj 
tickoi  for  the  sauic  olHci'.  Itciiii;  clccicd  (ivcr  W.  !•'.  I.,  lladlry,  the  Kc]Mil)licaii 
c-aiididatc.     He  held  iliis  imsiiioii  for  four  years. 

Ill  ISTtt  lu'  was  aiM'oiuK'd    .Master  in  Cliaiieiiy   liy   tlie  .Indices  of   tlie  (Mr 
(•nil  Coi-ri,  and  reapiioiiited  four  limes.  iKtidiiij;  the  position  until  tho  fall  of 
1SS!>.     In  ISSS  lie  was  iiy  .1  iaiiic  majority  cleftcd  Pri'sideiit  of  tlio  Eihvards- 
villo  lioard   of   ImIik  at  i.ui.   Ijciii-j;   .M.iyor  of  the  saiiiC'  city  In   1SSU  and   IS'.Ki. 
In  1SiH2  lie  was  I'lecied  Slate's  .Vtim-ney.  deelininfr  re-election  in  ISiXi. 

Mr.  (I'lass  is  a  eliartt  r  iiit  inlier  of  the  Kiii;;lits  of  Pythias.  lie  has  always 
taken  an  aetive  jtart  in  polities.  fre(iuently  Iteinu  a  dele;:ate  to  county.  State. 
Conjrressional  and  Jiiilicial  conveiii  mns.  and  dniimr  rresidi'iii  ial  c.impai;;ns 
iiiakin.ir  Deniocr.uic  sp/eches  in  vaiimis  pari  of  the  Stale.  In  1S74  he  was 
married  in  I'liper  Alton  to  .Mis-  i;inlora  Stocki'r.  'I'liey  have  two  children. 
Kreese  and   ( Jenevieve. 

tPKNM.VMIN    I'K.WKl.IX    l!i(;iri".  .  .  .  .  (-south   Maeon.i 

UFA.    FHKI>1:K1('K    II  ill.  .  -  -  .  .  Mindeii.    Net.. 

(JEOUGE  W    HILL.         -  -  .  -         IW.M'reston  Place.  St.  Loiii.s  Mo. 

Superinreiideut    Ite.uina    Flour  Mill  Co. 

REV.  THOMAS  .1.  KEITH.   I  >.   I  >.  -  Vineeiiiies.   Iiid. 

Was  horn  in  Knox  Co..  Ind..  Septeiiilier  1!1.  ISI'J.  Cimverted  at  tlie  a.trt 
of  i;i.  he  united  willi  the  liaptist  Clinrdi.  He  enlisted  in  the  Cnioii  army 
Aitpust  r?l,  ISOl,  and  was  honoral  ly  discliarsjed  in  ISCiC  with  the  rank  of 
First  Lieutenant.  He  eiiteied  Sliurtleff  Colleiro  in  April.  ISCiti.  ;j:radualin.i.'  in 
the-oloffv  in  1S(W). 

Mr.  Keith  was  ordained  jj.isior  of  tlie  P.aplist  Clmi'ch  at  \Vankesli;i.  Wis.. 
Au^'ust  lit.  ISC.O.  a  ureat  revival  folloAviui;-  in  lS(;i»-7<i.  ()ct(ditM-  121.  isTI.  he 
sailed  for  Assam.  India,  iindi'r  the  auspices  of  ilic  American  Haiilist.  Mission- 
ary Union.  si>endin,:r  four  years  at  (ioalpara.  wliere  lie  cnnstructed  jrrammar 
and  dictionar.v  of  the  (iaro  lanuua.L;!'.  translat  iiiu'  tlie  four  Cosjiels  into  tliat 
tongue. 

March  21,  1S7(!.  lie  returned  to  the  rniteil  States  on  account  of  liis  health. 
For  eleven  year.s  he  held  pastcu-ates  in  low.i.  at  .Ma<inoketa.  Waverly  and  Des 
Moines.  TTe  then  removed  to  Indiana,  where  (Jreenwnod  and  \iiiceiines  have 
en.ioyed  his  pastoral  labors.  Peuiel  Hajitisl  Church  in  the  latter  cit.v  heinjr  hi? 
present  charjre.  He  has  baiitized  about  "idO  persons  in  America  and  2ri(»  in 
India. 

Mr.  Keith  was  married  011  .\ii;;iist  IL'.  ISC'.t.  to  Miss  Pelly  .\.  Hole  (a 
student  of  Rural  Park  Seminaryi  at  her  home  in  Havana.  IMason  Co..  111. 
Their  only  child.   Henry  T'.oyd.  ;i    LM-adu;ite  of    I'r.inUIin   ('(dletre  classical   de- 

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partnieiit,  died  in  the  twenty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  while  pursuing  a  medi- 
cal course. 

The  degree  of  D.  I),  was  eonforred  upon  Rev.  Keith  by  the  Central  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa,  in  June.  1S81. 
I.OKIN  W.  T.PIWIS.         -------         Ashland,  Neb. 

I'ltOF.  JOHN  HENRI  LOOMIS.  -----  Chicago. 

Principal  Wells  School. 

tJOHN  MANNING.  ..----.  (Springfield.) 

CHARLES  FREDERICK  MINER.  .  -  .  -  -  Decatur. 

Entered  the  Union  army  in  April.  ISGl.  at  the  age  of  17.  serving  until  May. 
3865.  when  the  war  was  over.  He  then  spent  a  brief  period  in  study  at  Shurt- 
leff.  Not  long  afterward  he  was  married,  and  lived  for  years  in  Christian 
Co.,  also  in  Clay  Co.,  near  Flora.  He  then  removed  to  Decatur  and  was  en- 
gaged for  a  considera'ble  time  in  the  painting  business,  afterward  devoting 
his  attention  to  farming,  which  is  his  present  occupation. 

CHARUBS  LEWIS  PALMER.  .  .  -  -  (Litchfield.)    Chicago. 

Foreman  of  pressroom  in  a  large  printing  establishment. 

JOHN  MAYO  PALMER.        -  -  Office  710.  No.  108  LaSalle  St.,  Cuicago. 

JAMES  J.  PENIX.  -..---.         Reading,   Mo. 

Farmer. 
*CITARLES  A.  PERKINS.  ------  St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Died  of  chorera  in  the  summer  of  ISGG. 
=■•'-; C:H A RLES  W.   SANDERS.  -  -  -  (Rockbridge.)     Died  in  1887. 

L.   H.   SCANLAND.  -.---.-  Bisbee,  Ariz. 

HENRY  SCISSON.  -.----.-        Otterville. 

D.   L.   STAHL.  ---------  Moro. 

JOHN   H.   STAHL. .  -  Dorsey. 

MOUNO  THANBYAH.  -  -  -  Rangoon,  British  Burma.  Asia. 

A  native  Karen,  who  was  converted  unibn-  tlie  preaching  of  Baptist  mis- 
sionaries, came  to  America  to  be  educated,  spending  several  years  at  Shurt- 
leff  College,  and  then  returned  to  his  own  land  to  work  for  the  salvation  of 
his  fellows. 

SMfrn  TOWNSBND.  ------       Washington,  D.  C. 

In  the  service  of  ti..-  LTnited  State  ^^'ar  Department. 
\V.  W.   G.  WELDON.  ..-.---  Centralia. 

LEV>  IS  A.  WINTERS.  ------  Pueblo,   Colo. 

tCLARENCE  E.  WOODRUFF.      -----      (Pittsfield.) 

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1866-67. 

\\  ll.l.lAM  STANCKl.I.  I'.ruro.N.  .V-  S.r.m.l  Si..  N.  W..  \V:.sl,in;,'i..n.  1  ►.  C. 

lli.IiN  M  ,uii\  I  rniiifiit   clcrU^liip. 
J!:SSK    K.   (  Ai.WAl.I.Al.KK.  -  "  .lr,->..vv  :11.-. 

in:V.  WKSl.KV  AhAM  CAIN.  -  -  -  '  M.-li-in..  I.o.l^'.-.  K:.n. 

Iir)\  ^Vll  KV  XKWION  rilA.\!i:!:i:S.  a.  M..  I.ruhk,.  I'.l.l-.  linli^ti.Ml.mis.  In.l. 
Wi.  !)..•..  Ml  -•:.lw.n.ls,,:Mi.  Knox  V...  I.i.i..  MMnh  IS  IM:..  His  nnn.l.v 
w:.«.  .-unouLr  Uu-  im.n...r.<  of  r.u-  l:.-,-:.!  Nnrtluvsi.  Lis  u^v:uu}f:Uhrv  having-  sri 
tlr,l  ..a  Maria  Vn^rk  shnilly  aft.  r  tl..'  Ki'vclnti.mary  War.  Ilr  was  a  mai.  -f 
,pnr..  thai,  usual  intrl.T-r.uH-.  an.l  in  his  lllVliinc  lirhl  a  nuuil.-r  m'  mum, 
taut  ..Ili.TS  II..  ha.i  tw.^lv..  .l.il.livn.  Of  tins  miml.."r.  Al.'xan.l.T.  tlu'  lalh.T 
of  Sniil.-.v  in  U).^  .  ailv  -Ki's  .-.uistni.-t..,!  a  stoam  saw  mill  at  tlu'  town  ..f  Kd- 
wanlsm.n  t..  saxv  iiunl.-r  'n-r  llu-  S..iitl..M->i  luark.'i.  This  v..niu.v  im.vin^'  un- 
sm-cossfnl  hnaiK-iaHy.  h-  ivtm-n.Ml  iiMsr.:  t,.  Uu"  s...-,,.-  ..f  his  hirih.  wh.-n-  h- 
•  nn-a^t'il  in  farniinn-  an.l  dicil  in   l*<f><">. 

'  The  mother  of  our  subjert  was  Kachel  Keith,  n  native  of  Kentucky,  who 
moved  to  Knox  Co..  In.l..  abont  ISW.  She  ha.l  stronjr  .lualities  of  nnn.l  an.l 
iH-art.  Her  .U-ath  o.^-urre.!  six  months  pri.u-  to  that  nf  her  hushau.l.  On.. 
son  and  two  dau.irhters  survived  them. 

The  ^^ubject  of  this  ske.>  1,  liv..,l  on  a  farm  until  ^S^^:^.  wh..n  h.^  enlist..!  n. 
the  One  Hundred  and  Fifu-.^nth  Indiana  Volunte..rs.  remainin.L'  in  th.-  army 
rntil  \u«n7st  ISr.C.  servin-  in  both  infantry  and  artill.'ry  ami  takm-  pari  m 
the  battle  of  Nashville.  'IVun..  in  December.  isn4.  After  the  war  he  entere.i 
Shurtieff  College  m-a.-uiatins'  in  1^7..  with  the  honors  of  the  class.  lie  was  a 
prominent  society  worker,  an.l  a  favoril.'  with  stn.l..n.s  .nul  pruf..ssors. 

After  reading'  law  in  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  for  a  year.  h.>  l-.Mn  pra.-t.<-..  n.  \  m- 
cenn.'s  in  1ST12.  the  next  year  formin.u'  n  partnersnip  with  Wm.  II.  I..\\..lt. 
^vhi.•h  cntinu.Ml  m.lnl.M-rupic.r, v  vnnil  isv...  when.  wiHiont  .solicitation,  he 
was  app..;n..-.l  by  l-.vs>d..ii,  lla.rls.n  Inii..,!  States  District  At..rney  for  tn- 
Dis.rlct  o'-  Indiana,  rcn.le.^in,'  n.  .essary  his  rcn.oval  to  Indianap.dis.  In 
December  iS'.tO.  lu'  opened  a  law  ..tli.e  at  lndianap..lis  with  Saml.  O.  I'i.d<.-ns 
and  ('has.  W.  M.iores  as  partners,  an.l  this  partm-rshi,.  siill  .•..ntinu.-s,  th. 
firm  Ix-in-  on.-  <.f  th.-  b.-st  known  in  the  State. 

Mr  ("hamb.-rs  h.is  always  been  a.-tive  in  politi.-s.  b.-inu'  ..no  of  th.-  h-a.li.m 
politicians  of  m.liana.  11.-  is  a  im-ndu-r  ..f  ,h.-  .;.  A.  U..  a  thirty-se.-.-nd  .le 
tree  Mason  an.l  a  me.ub.r  of  the  Pnsbyt.M-ian  Chur.-h.  11-  hns  always  t.-,ken 
a  great  inten'st  In  edncati.mal  matt.-rs.  He  was  f-r  many  y.-.us  S.-.r.-tary 
of  the  Koard  of  Trustees  of  Vin.-enn..s  Iniversity.  an.l  is  at  pr.-s.mt  a  member 
of  that  boar.l.  On  May  .-'.I.  1S7<;.  he  was  married  to  Isadora  McCor.l.  .langl-.- 
t.-r  ..f  \Vm.   M.-Cor.l.  ..f  :i  pi.m.-.  r  family  of  Knox  C.)..   In.l. 

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EDWARD  EVERETT  COLE.        ------         Fargo,  N.  D. 

*WILI.IAM  K.  DEAN.  .  .  .  .  ^        -vestfield,  Mass.,  in  1883. 

*tKEV.  DEWIS  C.  DONADDSON.  A.  B. 

SOLOMON  DRAPER.  A.  B.,  LL.  B.  -  -  -  -  Niobrara.  Xel.. 

Was  born  January  18,  184.j,  at  ^Lirkol.  Huntington  Co.,  :n(l.  He  entered 
Shurtleff  College  in  186G,  graduating  in  .Inne.  1S72,  taking  tlie  highest  honors 
of  his  class.  In  March,  1874,  he  graduated  in  law  at  the  LTniversity  of  Michi- 
gan, and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Niol)rara. 
Neb. 

October  10,  1876,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ann  Eliza  Sessions  at  Ann  Ai'bor. 
Mich.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Nebraska  Legislature  in  1S8:>  and  1884.  Was 
''(Uinty  Attorn(>y  of  Knox  Co..  Neb.,  189.'^,-4. 

tCYKI\S  S.   KCAN.  -.-----.  ((niapin.) 

*REV.  .JOHN  RRBCKP:NRID(;E  KXCLISH.  D.  D.,  M.  D.  -  De  Land.  Fla. 

Was  l)orn  in  Carrollton.  111..  .lune  12ti.  184.").  Wlien  11  years  of  age  he  was 
baptized  by  Dr.  .1.  Bulkley  into  the  fellowshij)  of  the  Baptist  Cluircli  of  his 
native  town.  lie  belonged  to  a  pnmiinent  family.  He  attended  tlie  common 
schools  until  10.  when  he  spent  one  year  in  teaching  and  two  as  clerk  in  a 
store.  Then  after  studying  law  a  couple  of  years  in  Chicago,  he  opened  an 
office  in  Springfield. 

During  these  years  he  liad  been  struggling  with  his  conviclion  of  duty 
to  preach  the  Compel  of  .lesus  Clu'ist.  In  a  wonderful  reviv;il  in  Springtiehl 
he  ent(^red  with  ardor  into  the  Avork  of  soul-winning.  Soon  afterward  he 
abandoned  the  law  for  the  iminisrry,  entering  Shurtleff  College  in  Septeml^er. 
1805.,  and  (b  voting  ten  years  to  prejiaration  for  tlie  ministry.  I{(\Tcliing 
Alton  witli  %'l  in  money,  vigorous  constitution  and  energy  and  the  indomita- 
ble i»ni')ii:s:'  to  give  liis  lif(>  to  (Jod.  lu'  e.'U'ncd  Tlie  me;ins  of  liis  sui)])orl.  su]> 
plying  churches  in  the  v'cinity  of  Alton,  traveling  on  foot  and  preaching  wit'i 
power  and  success.  He  also  persuaded  four  of  his  brothers  to  come  to  Shurt- 
leff, ;ind  was  instrumental  in  leading  three  of  tln-m  to  Clivist. 

.Tidm  B.  Englisli  was  gifted  in  oratory,  and  received  tlu'  gold  medal  at  his 
graduation  fi'om  tlie  classical  course  in  1872.  Three  years  later  lie  graduated 
from  tlx'  Shurtleff  Theological  Department,  receiving  the  degrees  of  B.  D. 
and  A.  M..  :ind  the  tiieological  prize  for  oi'atory.  June  !.">.  187."),  he  was  mar- 
ried at  Slielbyvillc.  111.,  to  Sliss  Mary  Elida  Barrett,  of  the  class  of  187").  ti 
woman  of  line  intellectual  powers  and  great  strength  of  charact(>r. 

Till'  first  pastorate  of  Mr.  English  Avas  in  Fort  lli)\v;ird.  Wis.  I'rom  tliis 
place  lie  went  to  Vermont  St.  Cliurcli.  <\)uincy.  111.,  and  jifterward  to  the 
First  B.'iptist  Clnircli  of  Salem.  X.  .1  Four  y;'ars  were  tlieii  devoted  to  the 
work  of  tlie  Anieric.-in  Baptist  Fublication   Society  and   tlie   M:irylaiid   State 

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TlliMll  As-:iici;llinli,  clll|-i|i.U  wlljch  linic  he  i|ii|  Ihc  WiilU  til  MM  I'V.lllirrlisl.  Mild 
ii  is  Mltiiiucd  iliMl  .'iH'  tlidUSMiMi  iH'isdiis  cuiirt  sscd  Clirisi  in  iMimfctin)i 
Willi  liis  iircMrJiiui;-.  lie  Mliri-wMrd  did  iiiM.::iiHicciil  \\<iri;  in  <;rMic  ( 'liiin-h, 
Hjilliimin-,  NcwMil".  X.  .1..  iiid  Xcw  Ymk  City.  Al  l?.illiiiiiin'  lie  :iitd  Ids  wile 
imisHt'd  Mii(T  <Miiii])l('icil  M  cuursc  in  iiH'iliiiiic.  Ml'IcruMnl  iir;icllciiiji  ;.'r;iiuiluiis- 
!y   Miiioiiu:   the   pniir  (d"   liicir  <-niiurc,tr:iiiniis.       In    |s>s   Sliiirllcll    liniiuri'il    .Mr. 

Kn,u;lisii  wiili  liic  dcjircc  m"   !  >.   D..  Miid  in   IMn;  cniifcirrd   llir  ili-i:.;-, I'  .\.   .M. 

uiKUi   .\Irs.   Kn.iilish. 

I>r.  Eii.:rlish  kept  ahrcasi  ol  Hm-  limes  and  in  cltisi'  imicli  willi  tiic  n«i\i*- 
nuMits  for  thi,>  njiliftin.ii'  of  men.  II.'  was  an  canu'st  advucate  ^t(  I*r  diiliiti m. 
and  his  uiloranci's  upnii  tlir  ImImu'  t|in  siioii  wcit  piiwrrrnl  mmi!  cfl  n  i  i\  r.  His 
death  (icctii'icd  iSeccnilM  r  ."lo.  I>".t7.  in  Me  Land.  I"1m..  wlicrc  lie  IimiI  .iiisi  mi- 
ccplcd  a  call  tn  ilic  ikisih-mU'  nl'  ihc  I'.apiist  ('liurcli  Miid  the  ('liair  i>\'  <  M-altii-.v 
and  Riliiical  Literature  in  .Inlni  I'..  Siris.m  riiivcrsii y.  His  twn  siin<  li.ivc 
jpst  ciimideted  the  FreshniMii  v.'mi-  in  llie  liiiversiiy. 

I'..    II.    KVAXS.  ....  ...  .  (I'edria.i 

IIKV.  .KtllN   FLKMIXc;  IIOW.MM).  A.  11..   I'..   1  >.  i:i  I'asi'. 

Was  iiiirn   .March  L'fi.   LS-IC.   ai    l-'ranUlnii.    hid.     lie  eiiicied    Siiiirilcll'   ( '  .! 
l(\:i-e  in   ]S\\i\.  liradeatin.i:   rrnin   c!:issi(al  ciuirse  in   IMl:   rimii  'riicdnLiic.il    I  »e 
partn';'!!!   in   \SH.       lie  w.is  m.-nried  uii  .Iiinc     '!>■.     IViL   la   Miss   .Maiiie     I-, 
r.ea.iian.   nf   Lincidn.    lil.     lie    was    in    ili(>    Lnitcd    Slates    .MiliiMi-.\    Service    ihe 
Imsi  yeMr  (if  liie  ('i\il   War. 

Uev.  lliiward  Iims  held  ihe  I  nlluw  in.--  pasim-ales:  S]iriii.i;!iei,~.  .Mi..  LsT  !  7.'. 
Bunker  Hill.  111..  lM.")-7'.t:  Knwners  (li-.ive.  ill..  ly7:iM:  1 1  im  wmIIi.i.  Kan. 
I.ssi-s;',:  .Marseilles.  111.,  Inm'.m;:  i>i.\  m.  111..  issiMiii:  I-;i  \':i<:>.  111..  l>;iii  i.i  dale. 

\IV.\\    lOIlX   KXSICX   lX(;iL\M.  I'..   I>.  .  .  ..  -  Whliini:.   Ind. 

^^Ms  iNirn  ill  ^^■hiteside  Cn..  111..  .Iiiiie  li'.t.  L^Ki.  iiiiisi  (if  his  youthful  d.iys 
hein.-i'  siieiii  in  ("aridll  (':•..  (.n  ihe  lieiiiesieMd  of  his  f:ither.  Uev.  Ihiiineti, 
Il'.jrhani.  lie  was  (  (inverted  mi  ilie  M;i;-e  of  IN.  Mini  iie(  iiseil  1  1  preach  two  years 
later  and  served  for  some  time  as  siiperiineiideiii  ol'  ilie  I'.Mpiisi  Salihath 
School  near  his  honie.  'I'wd  terms  we-e  speiii  Ml  .Ml  ('Mrroll  Seminary.  He 
served  three  years  as  a  s  ddier.  two  years  ms  serLicMiii.  In  Seittend'er.  lv';".;'.. 
he  was  ordained  while  home  on  f iirloii.L;!!.  On  ihe  L'7ili  of  .\ii.irnsl.  isc.r,.  he 
was  inarri((l  to  >!iss  .Mar.\-  .M.  Cosiier.  who  accomiiaiiied  him  to  Sniirilelf 
(■idleu;e.  where  he  uradiialed  in  iheoloizy  in   ISCH. 

lie  o( ciiiiied  pastorales  al  Shipnian  and  !^1  I'aso.  111..  removiii-_'  to 
XehrasUa  in  L'^-Tl.  wliei-e  he  was  em:Mi:('(l  in  Home  .Mission  work  for  twenty- 
live  years.  preadiiiiL:  mi  (lillei(ni  limes  :ii  I'.x.ier.  (;ild  ui.  I'r.iken  How  and 
Lincoln.  His  work  was  hlessed.  live  .diiireh  oriranizai  ions,  one  assoeialioii. 
tell  houses  of  woi-ship  and  l.'.ti  haiilisms  iieim:  aimm;;-  the  visilde  resnlis. 
Owiiij:    to   Impaired    he.ilih    and    ihe   ih'alh    of    his    wife    in    1>'.h;.    he    removed 


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with  his  youug'er  ohihlron  to  Wliitins'.  Ind..  and  is  now  retired  from  active 
ministerial  work. 

JOSEPH  LEWIS  IKWIX.       -       1707  Thirty-fourth  St..  N.  W..  Washin.^ton.  D.  C. 

REV.  JOHN  LOVIXGTOX  JACKSON,  D  1).  -  .".-.24  Madison  Ave.,  Chicago. 
Was  born  in  Brantford.  Oat.,  May  ;il.  18-19.  In  ISO.")  he  removed  to  Rocli 
Island.  III.,  wliere  he  was  converted  and  joined  the  Baptist  Church  under 
the  ministry  of  Ilev.  E.  C.  ^I.  Burnham.  He  entered  Shurtieff  Preparatory 
Department  in  1S()().  and  remained  untU  the  completion  of  his  Sophomore 
year,  when,  in  1870.  he  entered  the  I'liiversity  of  Chicago,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1872,  immediately  entering  the  Bapiist  Theological 
Seminary  of  tliat  city  and  completing  the  course  in   1874. 

His  first  pa.stf)rate  was  at  Downer's  Grove.  111.,  where  he  was  ordained  in 
June.  1874.  In  1S7()  he  became  p.-iStor  of  I'arlv  I'lace  Baptist  Church,  Aurora, 
111.,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  During  his  pastorate  In  that  city  the 
membership  of  the  church  was  doubled  and  a  new  church  edifice  erected. 
In  1884  he  was  called  to  the  I'irst  Baptist  Church  of  Bloomington,  111..  Avhere 
he  remained  for  six  years.  A  new  church  was  also  erected  by  this  congre- 
gation during  his  pastorate.  A^'liile  Inn'e  he  received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
from  Sliurtleff.  In  18!*(i  lie  accepted  the  call  of  the  Fountain  St.  Church, 
Grand  Rapids,  INIich..  and  in  Novendier,  18!»ii.  that  of  the  Hyde  Park 
Church.  Chicago,  his  present  Held  of  lalior.  This  is  the  •'University  Church." 
being  attended  by  many  of  tlie  j.rofessors  and  students  of  the  I'niversity  of 
Chicago. 

JOHN    LEVERETT.  -------  Upper   Alton. 

Youngest  son  of  Prof.  Warren  Leverc>tt:  was  born  August  Hi.  1853.  in 
Upper  -\ltou.  where  he  has  resided  all  his  life.  He  was  a  gentle,  quiet  boy. 
fond  of  music  and  study  anfi  home.  His  early  education  was  received  in  his 
home,  and  later  on  he  eut«^red  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Shurtieff  Col- 
lege. He  made  a  fine  record  for  scholarship,  but  at  the  beginning  of  his 
Sophomore  year  left  college  and  went  to  work  in  a  book  store,  continuing  in 
the  same  business  up  to  date,  at  the  same  time  being  agent  of  the  Chicago 
and  Alton  Railroad  at  this  point,  an  expert  telegrapher,  correspondent  for 
newspapers,  an  officer  in  two  building  associations,  and  Treasurer  and  Trustee 
of  Shurtieff  College  for  several  years.  In  the  affairs  of  the  town  and  the 
various  orders  to  Avhich  he  belongs,  he  Is  faithful  and  reliable  and  alway.s 
ready  to  bear  his  full  share  of  responsibility. 

In  October,  1877.  he  was  married  to  Miss  Amy  Hamilton,  daughter  of  the 
late  Rev.  B.  B.  Hamilton,  of  Whitehall,  111.  For  many  years  Mr.  Leverett 
has  been  organist  of  the  Upper  Alton  Baptist  Church,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Sunday  School.  His  life  has  been  one  of  busy,  quiet  usefulness.  He  has  a 
charming  liome.  and  his  son  and  daughter  botli  attend  Sliurtleff  College. 

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ALANSON  L.  r.'n^•IS.  -  lUl'.t  S.  •l"\v.'iil.v-si'(  .,.1  1  Si.,  l/m.  i,|.i.  Si-h. 

('.•irjtfiilcr. 

liKV.  (;i;(tlt(;K  W.   MKI/IOX.  .....  nii;,u;i.   K-.m. 

li:il>(isi   cU'ruviiiMii. 

Iii:\'.   KhWlX    1;.   Mil, 1,1:1:.  .  -  HliKt.iiiii^'ioii.   lli'iiiiepiii  Co..   .Mum. 

\\  as  l;.iiii  :\\  l.awrc'iict'iiuru-.  Im';..  .luly  S.  I,v-14.  Wlicii  lie  was  Kt  years  uh.. 
llie  ramiiy  n^iiuivetl  lo  IWuuiiuiigiuii.  .Mum.,  wheri-  In- atlt'iuU-d  llic  rural  scliu  )l> 
for  Ji  fi'W  iiKiiillis  of  i-acli  year,  lie  w.is  cuiivii-lctl  at  llic  auf  of  li;.  juinii;; 
the  lilooiiiiii,i;'lo!i  liaptis'  Cliiucli.  Kiilisiiu.ir  in  ('(unii.iiiy  11.  I'lrsi  Kc;,'iiiiciit, 
Miunosota  \  uIhuuht  liilantiv.  lie  scivcil  as  Coipor.il  .iinl  Scrjii-aiil  il(iii;i;i 
the  war  of  the  Ileliellioii.  lieii.ji  huiinialily  iliscliar;;e(l  at  ils  closr. 

In  Septeinlier,  ISCm.  he  eouiun'iiced  a  ilassical  course  of  study  at  the  .Min- 
nesota. Haptist  riiiveisity.  IIastin,iis,  Miiui.  Si.\  mouths  later  ilie  university 
laih'd,  and  in  Oclolier.  ISCiC.  he  cnuliuucd  his  studies  iu  Sluii'lieri  Coiled*'. 
Three  years  later  lie  was  euinpelleil  lo  leave  cdlleue  and  laUe  di.ir.iie  of  his 
father's  farm,  tt-aehing  school  in  the  winter  seasons. 

lie  was  married  in  .March,  l,S7."i.  and  removed  to  Morida,  where  he  resided 
for  a  year,  when  he  returned  to  .Minnesota  and  resumed  his  teaching.  .\t  his 
father's  death  in  1,S77  he  bought  the  old  homeste.id.  which  lias  since  lieen  his 
home.  His  family  consists  of  tiiree  daughters  .ind  tHiir  sons,  ilir  two  oidt  st 
attending  the  .Miniu'apolis  High  School. 

OTIS  A.  .MILLEU.  ....  Ki  Keiinet  t  St..  .\slicvillc.  .\.  C. 

Brother  of  Edwin  1'..:  was  horn  in  I.a wieiiccl;nrg.  Ind..  .liny  14.  IN-I.S.  his 
youth  being  passed  at  I.h.iiiiiingtun.  .Minn.  .Mici'  s,)iiic  liiiii'  sp.nt  in  stud.v 
at  Shurtleff  College,  he  was  married  hi  ilarcli,  IMo,  to  .Miss  Ellen  I'ond  re- 
moving to  Tallahassee,  Fla.,  in  1S72.  where  for  four  years  he  was  engaired 
iu  school  te.aching.  Since  thin  li,'  li.is  navcled  extensively  in  I'lurid.i.  (!eorgi;i 
and  Tennt  ssee.  ;is  .-i  p.irlrait  p.-iiiiler  ;iiid  leaclier  of  .•iri.  reiiitviiig  lo  Knox- 
ville.  Teiin..  in  1S7!1.  wiiere  lie  engaged  in  tlie  re.il  estate  business. 

He  settled  in  .Vsheville.  N.  ('..  in  1.VS7.  where  he  has  a  studio  and  work.^i 
iu  crn.von.  pastel  and  oil.  He  is  a  niemher  of  the  rresbyn'rian  Church.  Has 
three  children — a  son  aged  I'l*.  and  two  d.iuglilcrs.  11  .•ind  7  respecl  ively. 

THO-MAS   I>.   .MILKOY.  -  -  14(ili    lioiigl.is   St..   tHiiaa.i.    .New. 

.MOSES    A.    -NEWELL.  .......  (Jir.uu. 

Was  birn  in  iJreeiie  Co..  111..  ()ciobi-r  L'.".,  I.v47.  .Viler  leaving  Sliurlleir 
College  he  was  married  to  Miss  S.  E.  (Jrceiie.  of  K.iymoiid.  111..  February  S. 
1K71'.  and  settled  on  a  farm  live  miles  c.-ist  of  (;ir;ird.  wiiere  his  life  h;is  iieen 
spent. 

.Mr.  .\ewcll  li.is  four  sons  and  ;i  daughter.  :ill  lumw  11.  lie  is  a  member  of 
tlie  .Methodist   Chiireli.   but    iiiii   strongly  s 'ei.iri.-iii   in   his  views,     li,   his  early 

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lilc  Jie  was  a  lU-piib.icaii,  luU   has  l'.ji'  many  years  past  bei'U  an  active  I'i\>- 
liiliitionist. 

liK\'.   ALl'l'^UT  ()(!]. K.  -  -  lis   WoiKliuff  i'lacc,    IndianapoKs.    Inu. 

Suiicrintcnil'  lit  Slate  .Missions,  Indiana  Baptist  Convention. 

KKV.  ADOM'JirS  1!.  I'AKKS.      -  ;J2:J  Ninth  Ave.,  West,  Ilalcliinson,  Kun. 

After  takinji-  a  preparatory  course  at  Shurtleft'  College,  lie  graduated  at 
Blaekbui'ii  University.  CarliuvlUe,  111.,  in  LSTl.  atterward  took  a  tiieologieai 
cni'rs;'  and  was  onlr.ii'.ed  by  ilic  Alton  i'resbytery  in  {(ctulier.  IST.'!.  iNii. 
i'arks  lias  lieeii  an  active  ininisrer  ot  the  rresl)yterian  Clinrcli  in  Illinois  and 
Kansas,  ler  the  past  live  .\e;iis  having  );eeii  pastor  at  large  ot  the  Larncii 
Presbyiiry.  making  his  home  at  Hutciiinson  ami  traveling  over  the  sjiith 
western  tiiird  of  the  State.     His  family  consists  of  Avife  and  tliree  children. 

CIlltiSTIA.X    C.    I'Ari..  ....  .v,(i    K.    Secnml    St.,    Alton. 

Dealer  in  groceries  and  gi'iienil  mercli;indisc. 

VtJiiAIiLEL-i  O.  I'ETEUSON.  ....  -         (Silver  Creek.  .\el)., 

IIEXUY   S.    PETTIXCJILL.  ....  -  Kcdl.inds,    Cai. 

•*C.   M.   1'()I;lEY.  .  .  ,  -  -  Died  m  California,   in  18i)U. 

tAKCIIlBALI)   L.    UK.\I).  ..--..  (Upper   Alton., 

*KEV.  WILLI.V.M  \\  .  Ki'.A;;A;\,  .V.  B..  Died  in  BraiiU'rd.  Minn.,  in  Dect'inlu'r.  l.^iU). 
TIIO.MAS  'IWVLOK    KlIEA.  -  -  12ir2  N.  McLe;iii   St.,   Bloomington. 

tA.    E.    UUSSELL.  ....---  (Kostniond.) 

FBA.NK   SCISSO.X-  ......--         LincoLi. 

tllEXUV    H.    S.Mrril.  -  .  .  .  .  .  iCli.-imllerville.i 

EbW.MM)  .\.   STONE,    I ).    i ).  -  -  -  -  -  Upper  Alton. 

Illinois  State  Sumlay  Sclioid  .Missionary. 

-tJA.MES  VOOKIIIIOS  STBYKEK.  .....  (.Jersey ville.) 

HENRY    C.    TEKUY.  ....  ...  Otterville. 

KEY.  JOHX  MARK  TlTTEUIXirroN,  A.  B.  -  -  -  Springtield. 

Was  born  at  Edgington,  Rock  Island  Co..  111..  F(>braary  .'>.  IXi;!.  (Graduated 
from  Shnrtleff  College  clase'cal  course  in  l.S(>S,  and  has  since  iield  pastorates 
as  follows:  Edgington,  III.,  lS(!.S-7():  Manchester,  Mich.,  lS7(t-73;  Fenton. 
Mich.,  187:5-74;  Oxford,  Mich.,  1874-77;  Eaton  Rapids,  1877-81;  Allegan.  Mich.. 
1881-83;  Kewanee.  111..  1883-8-");  Roseville.  111..  188r,-S!»;  (Greenville.  111..  18SJ- 
02;  Yirden,  111..  18'.l2-r»."');  Waverly,  111.,  18!>.V.»7. 

On  May  4,  18G9,  Mr.  Titterington  was  married  at  (  nicago  to  Miss  A.  S. 
Bronson,  daughter  of  Dr.   Miles  15ronson.   missionary  to  Assam.    They   have 

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live  cliihlrt'U  liviii^i:  llic  l  \\ ..  eldest  h.n,'  :il  icmictl  S.iiiil  Idt  ('ul!.';:r.  In  ISUT 
.Mr.  'rillcriiii^tdu  iviircil  li-.uu  ii:c  luiiiisic.v.  :iii(l  li;is  (■ii.ii.i^'nl  in  r;iiiiiiii;r  iii'mc 
Siniii.ulichl.   111. 


KEY.   I  AKI.OS    Wil.CO.X. 
yA\  ILI.LV.M    KDWIN    V(tr><;. 

ill.  A.  i;ai;i)i:.\. 

"C.   T.   BEEK.MA.N. 


Illllnil.     S.     I» 

(Clu'slcrliclil.i 


1867-68. 


-  -  -  -  rclfrslnii-'^'. 

C;i:()It(iE  SI'EAUS  r.EEK.>IA.\.  -  -  I'll  .\.  Si.\tli  SI.,  Si.iiii.ulU'l(I.   lii. 

\\';is  liDiM'  ill  .MviiMnl  ("d.,  ill..  .\l;i.V  14,  1SI!»,  aihi  iXMicil  on  liis  Ijiriic.'V, 
farm.  Ai  the  ai;i'  ol'  10  )>e  t'lili'i't'd  ,\ortli  San,u:aiiiiiii  Acadfiiiy.  .■^pciuliii^'  Imir 
tt'i-iii.s  ilifii'.  He  tlu'ii  stiulu'il  lor  a  year  at  llliiioi.s  CoUc^i'  and  nearly  three 
years  at  Sliurtlell.  allerward  teaeliiiiu'  school  lor  :i  time  and  tr;iveliii.ir  .<s 
s.ilcsiiian  and  e.\i)erl  iiiacliiiiisL  for  farm  iniiiU'im-nts.  1  X^cemhcr  I'd.  isVl'.  he 
was  married  to  .Miss  .M.  .leiinie  Harrison,  of  ,Si)rini;lield,   111. 

In  18'Jli  -Mr  ISeekmau  oiieiied  up  his  present  business  in  Springlield.  lli'  is 
a  dealer  in  wiiiilmills,  tanks,  seales,  pumps,  ete.,  and  has  a  son  who  is  asso- 
ciated witli  him  in  luisiupss. 

WILLIA-M  A.  HOXllA.M.  ..-..-  Carhondale. 

Has  been  eiijia.yt'd  in  beedvcepiii.u;  at  Augusta,  Ark.,  until  recently.  Is  no\\ 
residing  at  Carlioiidaic  111.,  where  liis  cliildreii  ai"e  ;itiendiiig  sclioul. 

•f.IAMES  M.  I'.OWKR.  .--..-  ilK'catur.* 

KEN  .  TIIEOltOKE  COKXKl.irs  Coi-l-KV.  .\.   1'...   I'..   I  >.  -  ionica. 

Was  horn  .\(iV(  iiilici-  11,  iMT.  iicir  lUdomiugtoii,  .Monrue  ('.•.,  liid.  He  en- 
t«>red  Sliurtleff  College  in  Septouiber,  18G7,  graduating  from  the  classical  de- 
partment in  June.  IMl,  and  from  tlie  Tlicidogieal  Deiiartmeiit  three  years 
l.-iler.     While  .-it  lending  SliurtlelT  Cdllege  lie  received  three  pn/.cs  for  or.-ilnry, 

^Ir,  ('olfey  was  ordaiiu'd  -lanuary  .'>!,  IMo.  immediately  liecniiiing  pastor 
at  Tuscola.  111.  He  lias  since  held  pastorates  at  CJriggsville,  Etlingham 
and  Pittstiidd.  111.:  Kirkwood.  .Mo.,  and  Apideinn,  Wis.  For  nine  years 
lie  was  engaged  in  Home  .Mission  wmk  in  K.iii>n<.  He  was  married  in  I'jiper 
Allen.   111.,  .I.iiiuai\    I'V,    IM-".,   in   .Miss  .luli.-i    .\.    \;illetle. 


vAM.Mo.x   1,.  (Hh:i:.\. 

*ALI'.Ein'  .1.  LVUX. 
v().  1>.  TAVI.di;.  .lU. 
yCAHEV    IIMUKV. 


iH.'innilial,     .\!<i.i 

I  (led  Mil   llie  way  li>  India. 

(r.nll.ilo,  .\.  V.I 

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ISAAC  D.  WOOD.  -  -  -  17M-2  Twcnty-tliird  Avt'..  Onkiaiul,  Cal. 

District  Missionary  uf  llic  California   Kaptist  State  Association. 

1868-69. 

KEY.  SAMUEL  DOUGLASS  BAD(iEK.  A.  B..  I'..  D.         -  -        Sui.crior.  Ncli. 

Was  born  in  Bellel'onlaiue,  O..  August  Hi.  1M7.  eldest  son  of  .lolni  C.  Bad- 
,i;-cr  and  Eliza  J.  Douglass-Badger.  His  earlier  years  were  spent  on  a  farm. 
Li  1S()i)  lie  entered  Sluirtleff  College,  graduating  in  1ST4  with  tlie  degree  ui 
A.  l\.  He  tlien  \tn>k  Die  course  at  the  Baptist  'I'iieological  Seminary  al 
Cliicago,  coiiipleting  ir  in  1S77  and  lu'coming  pastor  of  ili(>  Baptist  Cluircli  at 
Taylorvilh'.  111.,  where  lie  was  ordained  (Ui  iiis  :!(illi  birthday.  In  1S78  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  his  Alma  Mater. 

On  June  27,  1889,  lie  was  married  to  Miss  A.  .1.  Billingsley,  a  graduate  of 
lowing  College.  They  li;i\('  lliree  cliildi'en.  Mr.  P.adger  has  held  pastorates 
at  Seward  .-ind  (,'reigluon.  X.'li.:  K.intoui.  Iluditcstoii  and  Salem.  111.,  ami 
Knoxville,  Li.  Li  1.-8"  lie  was  offered  an  imiiurtaiil  educational  position  in 
Japan,  but  preferred  to  continue  in  his  pastoral  work  in  tliis  coiuitry.  On 
the  ist  of  Eebruary,  ISIKS.  .Mr.  Badger  began  his  pastorate  at  Superior.  Xeb.. 
a  beautiful  little  city  in  tlie  southern  part  of  that  State. 

M.VBSHALL  D.  BEDAL,  M.  D.      -----  -         Blair.  Xeb. 

W.is  liorn  Etbruary  i:>,  1810.  at  Brighton,  Prince  Edward's  District.  Can- 
ada ^^■est.  Wlien  he  was  ."  years  of  age  his  parent.s  located  in  the  State  of 
Wisconsin,  ami  in  IX.-iC.  ihey  removed  to  St.  Charles,  ^linn.,  where  he  speni 
tlie  remaining  yc.-irs  of  his  boyhood.  Depending  upon  his  own  resources  and 
having  resolved  lo  olitain  an  ediicitioii.  he  commenced  to  attend  a  jirivate 
normal  scliool  in  liochesler,  ;\linn..  where  he  spent  two  terms.  He  afterwar<; 
taiTght  school  two  winters,  commencing  his  coiirsi>  of  study  at  Sliurlleff  Col- 
lege in  the  autumn  of  1S(;8.  He  also  studied  in  the  University  of  Chicago  for 
tAVo  years,  and  at  length  look  tlie  tlirec  ye.ii's'  course  at  Miami  Medical  Col- 
lege, Cincinnati,  O.,  graduating  iu  1874. 

Dr.  Bedal  practiced  medicine  in  Minnesulji  for  two  years,  aflcr  wiiicli  Ir; 
removed  lo  Blair.  Xeb.,  wliere  he  now  resides  and  li;is  been  eng;igeil  in  tlie 
coiitintied  pr;ictice  of  medicine  and  surgery  for  Iwcnty-oiie  years.  He  is  a 
member  ni'  \ho  Xebraska  Slate  ;\Iedical  Society.  Chairman  of  Wio  Board  of 
Commissioners  of  Insanily  of  Washington  Co.:  w.-is  f(ir  sever.il  ye.-irs  United 
States  Examining  Surgeon  for  I'ensions.  and  is  examiner  for  sevi'ral  life 
insurance  companies.  Uor  the  past  six  yens  he  has  given  considerable  at- 
tention to  the  treatment  of  alcoholism  and  llie  oiiium  habit,  having  success- 
fully treated  several  liuiidrcil  i)atients.  He  is  a  iuc'iuIk  r  of  the  Blair  Lodge, 
I.  O.  O.  E.,  has  served  one  term  as  Mayor  of  tlie  cily.  and  is  ;i  mcmlier  of  thc 
First  Baptist  Church. 

Dr.  Bedal  was  married  in  1874  to  iNliss  l^ottie  .\.   Kivenbnrgh  al   Chicago, 

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Ill        They    liMvr    six    <-liii(li cii     Allu-rt.    I^hl'-i-ih',    Svlvcst<.'r.    II;iyiiioiiil.    Nellie 
nntl  Lottie. 

*.TAMI-:S  THOMAS  ("t>\i:i..  A.  r..  Oied  in  X.u    VniU  Cny. 

"I'l'McIier  ill  Sliiiiilert   ('(ilie.iic  rre|i,ir;i  lory  1  )eii;ii-l  iiieiii.   ISH-T."!. 

1>A\11>    r.    DAVIS.  ...  i{,,y.     Welier    Cn..     r'l.ll'. 

W:i.s  horn  in  .lelVei'son  Co..  111..  .M.iich  C.  IMC.  iivliii;  on  m  r.Mriii  iiiilil  li 
yenr.s  of  nixv.  wiicn  he  nlieiidetl  llic  imlilic  school  of  S;iieiii.  111.,  for  iwi. 
years,  and  aflerward  ^\■asllill;rloll  Seiiiinary,  Kichvii-w.  Hi.  lie  i;iii.i;hi  sejionl 
in  Marion  Co..  111.  .in  l.S(;;{.  and  in  Madison  Co.  for  two  yi'.irs  tollowiiijr.  Then 
he  entered  ShnrllelT  Collejic  lie  was.  however,  coiiiiielled  to  leave  ColU>jr" 
after  a  few  months  on  aoeoiint  of  poor  health,  .-iiul  snoii  resniiied  scliooi 
teachinji'.  In  lS7(t  he  removed  lo  Omaha.  Nel>..  and  in  ISTli  went  to  Sali 
L;ike  City.  I'l.-ili.  l"(ir  tiie  l.ist  Iwelity-tive  years  he  li;is  lieeii  eii;;;i;,'ed  in  fann- 
ing: and  saw  niillini;-. 


*WTLLlA^r  Di<:  r.or/r. 
*;-KLi  i:it\v.\iM»s. 


I'rankfc.ri.  Ind..  .Inly  r.>.  Ls.-^c, 
(Milch. 'll.    liid.i 


AVERY  ClIAMKEKS  HAN'COCK.  .M.  1).  -  -  1  l.ii  i  in-lmi.  .N<-1.. 

"Was  liorn  in  Sontliern  Indiana  in  1S47.  .iiid  w.is  well  developed  iiy  the  di-- 
cipliiie  of  hard  farm  ialior  in  his  y.uiih.  lie  secured  tlie  rudiments  of  ;iii 
education  in  tlu'  common  schools,  hut  iu'lnji"  vt'ry  desirous  of  risinjr  hi.irher, 
J:...  on^Kjiir,.,!  in  teachiuu;  school  and  music,  at  which  he  succeeded  remaiKaiily 
well.  A  few  years  later  he  \.'\'\  hunie  with  his  brother  Lemuel,  {'■u-  Shurtlen' 
Collejie.  when;  they  arriveil  in  Mie  fall  of  1S(;,S.  and  had  a  iiard  sirn.tr.irle  i(< 
Uiake  their  way.  our  subject  ;it  ieiiulh  ilruii])iii,u-  oui  and  relurnin.ir  to  school 
teachiui;'.  lie  lias  occupied  ni;iiiy  ini]iiirl;!iil  principalships  of  luililic  sclmols. 
In  liSSd  he  was  married  a;  Hill<iioi-o.  111.,  i,,  .Miss  Kelle  !..  I..iwrence.  •.)! 
Xokomi.s.  This  union  has  pro\(  d  n  \cry  happy  one.  two  children,  a  lioy  and 
a  frirl.  havinj;  been  l);iin  i  i  iliein.  In  1>.^'.»  he  decideil  to  study  medicine.  an(! 
since  his  .graduation  has  boeu  e ui;;! ued  in  tiie  practiei'  of  this  i)rofession.  his 
wife  hcMnir  an  invaluabie  assistant.  lie  en.ioys  ;i  vei-y  i^ood  practice.  In  earlj 
life  he  heeanie    I    llieniiier  of   tile   liajilisl    ('lmri-]l. 

I.K.MIKL  .lEFFKItSO.X    II.WCOCK.    .\.    .M..   SdS  K.   ir.lh   St..    Kansas  City.    Mo. 

Brother  of  Avery  C.:  wis  horn  in  .lelfersim  Co..  Ind..  in  1.S4S.  and  irrewi 
up  on  his  father's  farm  witl:  hni  little  oppn-iunity  for  atteiidiuu-  school  until 
14  years  of  a.ue.  Ih'  al^^o  i.iimlil  sclmoj  for  i  wo  ye;irs.  and  in  1.*«t;.s  came  t-i 
Shurtleff  Collejie  with  his  hrolher.  lie  linally  <-onipleic(l  ihr  cl.issic.-il  c.nirse 
in  l.V?.".  receiving  the  de.m'ce  of   .\.   .M.  in  l.^Ts. 

.Mr.  Hancock's  life  li.is  lieen  dexoied  lo  le.iehin.ir.  servin.i;  ;in  priiieip;ii  ov 
suiierintendent  at  .Mowea.iua,  Miiionk  and  Lanark,  III.:  Moiile/aima.  Koches- 
ester  and  Winamac.  lud.:  Si.i.^ourney  and  I'ella.  la.,  and  r.ismarck.  N.  1  >. 
lie   is  ;it    presenl    hi   char.i:i'   of   the   .\daiiis   School.    K.ins.is   City.    .Mo.     While 


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:il    Pt'lla,    la.,   lu-  i^'ccivcii    llic  huiiurary   dciircc  of  A.   !,i.,    which   lie  had   alsj 
received  from  liis  AJma  .A!;ilei'. 

AVILLIAM  H.  HEaU.XE.  -  2i;>  Minerva  St..   Indianapolis.  Ind 

Was  born  in  WA~>  on  a  f.irni  in  I'.artliolomew  Co..  Ind  ,  where  he  spent  his 
youth  until  ISlU.  at  whieli  time  he  lefl  tlie  sc-hool  I'oom  to  enter  the  service 
of  his  covintry,  enlisiinii'  as  a  private  in  Company  ('.  Sixth  Indiana  Vohmteers 
Tliree  years  were  spent  in  the  army.  In  the  fail  of  ISdS  he  entered  Shurtlert 
Collej>-e.  remaininji'  until  1.S70.  While  here  he  assisied  in  orsjianizin.u-  and  con 
ducting-  a  mission  Sabbath  Scliool  at  Coal  Branch. 

Since  leaving  College  -Mr.  Hearne  has  been  eng.iged  in  the  manufacture 
of  cooperage  in  Indianajiolis.  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  religious 
work,  being  a  niendiei-  ci  llu'  F.oard  of  City  Missions  wldeli  lias  in  the  past 
ten  years  establislieu  s"veral  liaptist  churches  in  the  city.  He  h.is  been  a' 
the  head  of  the  Cordcn  Haplist  .Mission  Sunday  Scliocd  for  years. 

UK\.  KLDEX  IIKiaiEUT  LOVETT.  .  .  .  .         Davenport.  la. 

AVas  1)()rn  in  IS."!!*,  in  Linc(dn.  Me.  \\"itli  his  fallier's  fannly  he  came  Wesi 
in  IM;."'..  spendi!ig  his  i:oyhood  in  ElU  River.  Minn.  After  a  preparatory 
course  of  study  al  Sliurtleff  College,  lie  altemhMl  (^olgate  Eniversity.  Hamil- 
ton. X.  Y..  receiving  his  ilieological  ti'aining  in  Hamilton  Theological  Sem- 
inary. 

.Mr.  Lovett  li.is  hclii  p.isiorales  at  \Aalioa.  X.  V..  East  Ave.  Church.  Eong 
Island  City,  X.  Y.,  West  liaptist  Church,  Oswego,  X.  Y.,  and  Calvary  Baptist 
Church,  Daven])ort.  la..  Ins  work  everywhere  resulting  in  large  accessions 
In  llie  iiu  nibei'ship,  incrc  ;ised  benevolence  and  greater  e.arnestness  and 
unanimity. 

April  ;>,  181)2.  he  began  his  labors  in  Davenport,  where  he  stili  resides,  ai- 
liioi'gh  ;it  present  engaged  in  evangelistic  work  throughout  the  State. 

KEY.  .JUHX  CABUIEL  MAXCJE.  -  -  -  In  Switzerland. 

Is  a   member  of  the   Plymonth    I'rethren. 

JOSEPH    II.   :\IAXWEEL.  -----  Hackett   City.   Ark. 

*tWIEEIAM  MAXWP:EE.  -  -  -  (.Caledonia,  :\Io.)     Died  in  1878. 

*HESLOP  H.  McOULLOCH.  -  ...  -  Uising  Sun,  Ind, 

KEY.  PHIEIP  STAFFORD  MOXOM,   D.  D.  -  -  Springtield,   Mass. 

83  Dartmouth  Terracts 
W;!s  born  in  Maikham.  Canada,  August  Id,  1848.  AA'hile  a  child  he  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Ogle  Co..  111.,  and  received  his  early  education  at 
De  Kalb.  In  January.  18()2,  he  went  out  with  the  Fifty-eighth  Illinois  In- 
fantry and  was  in  tlie  battle  of  Fort  Donelsou.  In  October,  18G3,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  C.  Seventeenth  Illinois  Cavalry,  serving  tmtil  honorably 
discharged  in  November.  lS(i.l.  On  returning  from  the  war,  he  entered  Kal- 
amazoo (?ilich.)   Coifege  in  l.SCjd,   and   while   there   was  baptized   into   the  fel- 

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1.  I.illinn    Fiill3f;c-i.  'Si. 

2.  Middy  E.  B.ii  tieil-l-'ace,  '-,i). 

3.  Fiiiinie  I.  Allen,  ■79. 

4.  Alice  E.   Iliilt-Paliiicr,   '^4. 
.S.  Fred  S.  Rohinsnti.  'jy. 

(>.  Victor  Sew;ird,  'bo. 

7.  Alwinc  L.  Muellci-MeKOwen,  'H7. 

♦Deceased, 


PLATt    "H." 

.'■.  i.i'oiiuiii   P.iikciMDiii.inue,  ■ 

y.  Miiii.ic  A.    Ncfcc,  'Mi. 

10.  .Miiiiiiir  Kcimeily-Niillfi.  'H). 

11.  (icniuf  \-    Kciiiii-dy,  'H3. 

12.  Wcsli  y  Kirl)V.  '.S3. 

13.  Aniiii-  !•:.    Mcavfii.  'Sz. 
14-  ♦Albeit  F.    Mallbv.  ■»3. 


I,,    C.  I  cwis  Hi-<-keiiM-vci.  'Nj 
il>.  J.   1).    Maddiiii:.  'Nj. 
17.   I'rescoll  S.  llc.ild.  'fti. 
iS.   John  P.  .NtcKav.    S4 
19.  *Jaiiies  T.  CoKJiili.  '.Si. 
ao.   GeoiKc  W.  Sliadwirk.  '83. 


lowship  of  the  Raplist  Chnrch.     lie  .'jftcrwnrd  >;pi'iit   two  yonrs  in  Sluirtlcff 
Colk'jre.  niul  Ilioii  rotiinictl  to  MiclU.L'.-m  to  tcjicli.     hi  ISTI  he  1m';::iii  llio  sliui.v 
of  law  ill  tlu'  ortico  of  May  iV   HiicU.   K.ilaiuazon.   Mirli..   Inii    vny  sd.ui  mImii 
doueil  this  for  tlii'  worl^  of  tlic  miiiisuy. 

His  first  pastorale  was  al  Krli.-viir.  Midi.,  where  lie  was  i.rdaiiied  Seji- 
tonibcr  1!»,  1S71.  lie  was  pasior  fur  over  ilii-ee  years  al  Alliinii.  Midi..  mikI 
went  in  l.S7r>  to  Mt.  Morris,  N.  V.,  in  Sepiemlier  of  that  year  eiiieriii;:  lli" 
Rochoster  Tlu'olo.i:;ieal  Seminary,  where  he  completed  the  eours<'  in  IMN. 

April  1.  1ST.S.  he  l)e.u:aii  liis  pastorate  al  tlie  First  liaptist  ("Imndi  of  Cieve- 
Jand.  and  in  July  of  the  same  year  lonk  ilie  deuri'e  <if  A.  U.  in  ilie  rnlxrrsity 
of  Ifochestor.  and  in  18S2  A.  M.  in  course.  In  Au,i;ust,  iss."..  lie  JKM-.ime  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Kaptist  Cliui-di  of  Hoston.  and  served  there  until  Die  1st  ot 
.Tannar.v.  T-i'U.  On  April  1  ]i(>  liei^^an  Ins  service  in  Springfield.  .Mass..  as  pas- 
tor of  the  South  Con.<j;re.;j:aiiiinal  ('liurdi.  wiiicii  i)osition  he  still  holds.  Ii, 
18n2  he  reciMved  the  de.irree  of  1>.   1  >.   rr(iiii   I'.inwn   Fniv<'rsity. 

Dnrin.c  his  residence  in  I-Joston.  l»r.  .Mnxom  liccame  closely  id(Mitilied  with 
the  literary  life  of  the  city,  and  was  a  menUxn-  of  the  Kound  Talile  ("lull. 
President  of  the  Brownins  Society  ;ind  also  of  the  Apiial.adiian  Mountain 
Club.  He  is  now  a  niemlier  ol"  iht'  .\nierican  Peai'e  Society,  liavinji  been  a 
delegate  to  the  Internation.il  Fe.ice  ConLrresses  at  London  in  ispo.  nt  Kerne 
in  1802,  Chleagro  in  ISU.'!  and  .Vnlwi-ip  in  l.V'.t4.  Also  a  meinliei-  of  llie  Snciei> 
of  Biblical  Literatiire  and  K.\e,t;esis,  American  Economic  Association.  Amer- 
ican Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Sciences,  the  Leasrue  of  Catholic  Fully, 
the  TTventieth  Century  Club  of  Boston,  the  T'nivei'siiy  Club,  and  hniKiinry 
member  of  the  Dartmouth  Alumni  Association. 

I>r.  ^loxoni  has  written  and  published  numerous  articles  on  social  and  re 
lig'ious  questions,  being  the  author  of  "The  Aim  of  Life."  a  volume  of  stirring 
addresses  to  young  people  on  practical  questions  of  life  and  conduct.  lit- 
also  wrote  a  paper  entitled  "An  Argument  for  Immortality."  for  thi'  World's 
Parliament  of  Keli.gions.  In  1Mi.">  lie  g;ive  ;i  course  of  h'ciiii-cs  lietme  Hie 
Lowell  Institute,  Boston,  on  "'I'lie  Church  in  the  First  'fliree  Ceniuries." 
These  lectures  were  .afterward  published  in  book  form,  and  in  Hie  siuIng  of 
180(>  Roberts  Bros.  (Boston!  i)ublished  "Tlie  Religion  of  Hope."  .-i  volume  of 
sermons  pre.-iched  by  I  >r.  Moxom  during  his  Boston  pastor.iie.  For  three 
successive  ye.-irs  he  lias  been  on  liie  I'>o,ii-d  of  I're.idiers  of  ll;irv.ird  Fniver- 
sity.  and  has  i)re;idie<l  nuin.x-  times  ai  V.-iJc.  Conidl.  1  >;iriniouili.  Wdlesley. 
Vassar  .-ind  oilier  educational  iiisi  iiiu  ions. 

He  was  married  September  (">.  1S71.  to  .Miss  Isabel  Fdliott.  daughter  of 
Hon.  Adam  Elliott,  of  Barr.v.  Midi,  'lliey  have  four  children  living— Philip 
W.  T..  now  in  II:irv:ird  I'niversity.  Howard  Osgood.  Edith  Kiiowles  and 
Ralph  Pendleton  .Moxom.  who  are  in  'ihe  Springfield  Mdiools. 

JOSEPH    T1I(>.MPS()X    (k;LE. Liidilield. 

I'.arnier  near  Lilditidd.  and    ireasu'-ei-  of  the  lownsliip. 

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iJOHX   W.    PANK"K.  --.-..-  (Ciihokin.; 

.IA:MES   T.    rOLK.  -  -  -  -  -  (Jrot'iiwnod.    liul. 

1!EV.  .!OlI>:  WHITE  PULMM,  A.  ,|{.  -  -  -  -  Siyriiigliekl. 

Was  boi'u  in  St.  Claii'  Co..  111..  Novrinlior  IT,  IS^IH.  His  fallu'r,  James  L., 
was  a  native  of  this  State;  bis  mother.  .Teannette,  of  North  Carolina.  He  is 
of  French  Hnj.Taeno't  extraction,  the  original  name  beinji'  "de  la  Pryme."  H^' 
was  converted  at  the  age  of  17,  and  soon  felt  himself  called  to  the  work  ut 
the  ministry.  He  was  the  oldesr  of  nine  children— thr?e  h.oys  and  six  girls— 
and  his  father's  mean.s  Avere  limitiMl.  After  teaching  school  for  a  year  he 
entered  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Shnrtleff  College  in  the  fall  of  1808, 
graduating  in  1874.  From  Shnrtlcff  lie  went  to  Newton  Theological  Seminary, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1S77.  In  January,  1878.  he  married  Miss  Laura 
L.  Cook,  of  Edwardsville.  who  died  in  March.  1885.  leaving  an  only  daughter. 
Clara  E..  who  has  been  attending  Shurtleff  Academy. 

In  October,  1880.  ^Nlr.  Primm  married  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Woolford.  of  Carroll- 
ton,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  James  K.  and  Philip  T.,  and  onf 
daughtei".   P.-iulini".     IT(>  has  been  pastor  of  Baptist  chni-chcs  in  Atlanta.  Lin 
coin.   Floriil.'i,   CaiTullton,   Irbaiia     ami   Carlinvilh".    111.       He   now     i'e,-;ides   in 
Springfield. 

tHENRY   clay   reed.  ------        (Logansport,    Ind.' 

CHARLES  BROCKWAY  RCd.l'^UTS    A.  1'  .  P..  i  >..  M.  D.     -     Downs.  McLean  (  o. 
Baptist  clergyman   foi'  s<n-(>ral  years.     Pliysici.-m. 

tISAAC  a.  smith.  -------  (Warren.   Ind.> 

DEWITT  CLIXTOX  DWICIIT  V.'inTC(  ).MP.  -         ISIO  W.  24lh  St..  Chicago. 

]\LachinisT. 

^^•Il>LLV^i    JOUXSON   ZIMMKK.MAN.  -----  Ilarvel. 

1869-70. 

'■WILLIAM   BADLY.  -------  I'pper   Alton. 

■*WILLIAM  ROSS  BI'RROr(;ns.  -  -  -  (Jutiirie,  Okla..  in  1S1>1. 

CRO:\n^  ELL  CASEY.  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  Ewing 

ELIJAH  TAYLOR  CASSEL.  A.  B..  M.  .h.  -  -  Hasting.s.  Nelv 

LINTS   THB.VLP   CASTLE.  -  -  -  Upper   Alton. 

ABRAHAM   C   COLSON.  Atterlierry.    Menard  Co 

ROBERTS  MOROE   DRY.  -  -  -  -  Du   <,)u;>iii. 

School  teacher. 
JAMES  CORBIX  FOLEY.  -  -  -  20()  Broadway.  New  York  City. 

Lawyer. 

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tALHEUr    I.rci.W     iI.\i;M(»\. 

HK.VPV   WILLIAM    llAin  INC. 

inCITAKl*  BATEFOKl*   lluon. 
MorcliaiU. 


iNi'lii:isk;i  City.  Nfli.i 
I'lilici-  AKdp. 
limiU.T  Hill. 


KDWIX  SI'TTnTOK  IIOW'KLL.  A.  1!.  11(IL>  SI.  Louis  Av(>.,  Knst  St.  Louis, 

-vrtcr  liis  ,iir:uli;;iti()ii  I  run  Simrtlirr  in  Is?."),  ho  was  »'ii;r:i;:(>(l  in  lln-  prac- 
tift'  of  law  for  a  wiiiic:  afu-rwai-d  Iccaiiii'  a  ilc'ilcr  in  funiiinrr,  ami  more 
iTcontly  in  tlic  roal  t'statc  liusiiicss. 

VLESLKV    iL\('.M.L\    LLi ;( ;  i:'l'|-.  -  ...  -        iliiiMT   .MioiM 

.TEIJO.ME  LAFAYETTE  LOVE.  M.  I  >.  L  (>.  (>.   F.  I'.jixk.  Wliilin-r.  Kan. 

K'l  niovni  to  Ills  jirfscn!  licnmn  in  IM::.  praciicin^  iiiciiiiini'  nnti]  IS'Sd. 
A\!t:'n  lit'  lest  Ills  licariiii;-.  hi'ini:'  hum-  alilr  in  Ji^'ar  only  lliroM;;li  a  (unvcivv.iiion 
til  lie. 

Mr.  L;iV('  is  at  iinscnr  (  iinaucil  in  li.nnllin-  rc.il  .  sialf.  loans  .inil  ii'surancr 

*;WILL1A.M    FKOSI'l''.!;    LONXI'].  -----  irpiMT   .\lion.> 

*T.I()I1\  MOOKE.  -------  (IppiT  .Ml. Ml.  I 

1?ENT(>\    FOLK    MFin'liV. Fin.  kn.yvillc 

Lnnilh'i-  ili'alcr. 

illLHEKT  L.  FKITFIIETT.  .M,   D.  -  .  .  .  I'aiilHny.  .\rl.. 

Was  born  in  Jersey  ("n..  111..  .\ul;iisi  l'.'i.  IM.---.  His  yniiiji  was  spcnl  on  lii< 
fathor's  farm  nntil  tlic  fall  of  isr,'.).  win  n  In-  cnii  rcil  tlic  Frciiaraiory  Kcpari- 
niont  of  Shnrllcff  ( 'ollc.uc.  attciiilinu-  liic  two  rollowinu'  years,  llr  .-iricrwarii 
taiifilit  school  and  I'ariiicil.  sindyinu'  nicdii-inc  nudri-  ijic  diri'i-iinii  of  iIh'  laic 
Dr.  J.  O.  Hamilton,  as  o])porlnnily  offci-cd. 

In  the  fall  of  FST-I  ]u>  ontcrod  Knsli  .Medical  Collc-c.  Chiciiid.  m-adiiaiiiii. 
in  tlu»  sprln.u  of  IKTS  and  pi  iK-ticini:'  his  profession  in  Illinois  uiiiil  Ishi.  wli.-o 
he  removtd  to  Nebraska.  He  was  married  in  b'<7<')  to  .Miss  Id.i  M.  Fi-eiiiii.  a 
foianer  stndent   of  SlinrilelT. 

lb-.  I'rileliell  isai  presein  a  im  nilier  of  i  lie  .\inericaii  .Medie.il  .\ss  lei.alioii, 
Xt  brasl<a  Si.ilc  .Medie.il  Society.  I  iiienialioiial  .^ssdci.ai  inn  of  K.iilw.ay  Sif- 
jreons.  and  ihe  .\';iiional  .\ssociali(m  of  '.iilitary  Siii-i:;e:ins.  He  is  ]'.rii:ail" 
Sur'^eon  in  the  N'ldiraska  !>ational  (Jnard.  scrvin.i;  with  them  in  ilie  Siin.x  In- 
dian ^^'ar  of  1.S'.»t-)n.  ami  dnrin^-  the  .uri'ai  strike  of  the  Soiilli  Omaha  Fack 
inj;  Ilon.se  eni|doycs.  For  the  past  eleven  years  he  has  been  :i  snr.ireon  of  ilc 
('hica::d.  Itock    Island  and    Fa<ilie   Kailw.iy. 


riiFoFHil, Fs  .M'.i;.ui.\M  Sin 


.New      i'.iTlill 


1870-71. 


wiLLiA.M  w.\lki;k  fioll. 

After  alleiidiii-    Sliiiri  leff  ( ' 


<  ■aindeii.  Schuyler  ( ' 
in    IsTii.   1S71    .ind    isT'J.   he   worked  on 


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farm  for  two  yoru's.  and  then  began  school  teaeliing.  llu  taught  in  the  win- 
ter months  in  .Macoupin.  Montgomery,  I^aSalle  and  Schuyler  Counties  until 
1884,  when  he  removed  to  Red  Willow  County,  Xeb.,  and  entered  IGO  acres  of 
Government  land,  on  which  he  lived  for  seven  years,  teacliing  most  of  thi> 
time.  The  majority  of  his  teaching  was  done  'in  sod  houses,  which,  though 
rough  looking,  ansAvered  the  purpose  very  well.  Avhile  in  intelligence  and 
studious  habits  the  pupils  woidd  compare  fav(jrably  wiih  those  living  nearer 
the  center  of  civilization. 

In  1891  Mr.  Bell  sold  oft  his  property  in  Nelirjiska  and  moved  with  his 
family  back  to  Illinois,  where  he  is  now  teacliing  school  near  Camden. 

JOSEPHUS  .IITSTUS  BROWN,  M.  I).  -  -  -  -  -  Troy. 

SARAH  B.  BULKLEY-ROBERTS. Downs. 

The  oldest  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  Bulkley,  was  born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  .lan- 
uary  30.  18.52.  After  her  father  became  Professor  of  Church  History  in  the 
College  in  1804,  she  and  Hasseltine  Read,  d.-nigliicr  nt  Tresident  Read,  ap 
plied  for  admission  to  the  College  classes  on  the  ground  that  no  institutioi\ 
for  the  education  of  women  in  the  West  ofti-red  !hrm  a  course  of  study  as 
thorough  as  they  desired.  After  consideralde  objection  on  the  part  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Faculty,  they  were  admitted,  thus  fully  opening  the  Institution 
to  women.  Miss  Read  did  not  live  to  graduate.  Miss  Bulkley  was  graduated 
in  1873--the  iirst  lady  graduate  of  the  College. 

On  the  2r)th  of  June,  1873,  she  was  married  to  Rev.  Charles  B.  Roberts, 
of  tlie  class  of  1871.  a  Baptist  clergyman.  IFci-  liiisliand  subsequently  be- 
came a  f)hysician.  They  ai'e  now  living  in  Downs.  I]].,  where  he  is  practicing 
his  profession.  Mrs.  Roberts  is  the  motlitn-  of  a  large  family,  to  whose  cul- 
tivation and  welfare  slie  devotes  herself  with  an  assiduity,  earnestness  .ami 
conscientiousness  born  of  high  moral  pni-pose  and  cultured  Christian  intellect. 
Her  home  is  the  center  of  her  consecrated  affections  and  of  her  life. 

CAROL  HERBERT  CO(t(H^:SIIALL.  -  -  -  Webster  ({roves.  Mo. 

Ofiice,  417  lIoll;ind  Bldg..   St.   Louis. 
Attorney-at-law  and  .Tustice  of  the  Peace. 

JOHN  ROBERT  CONOVER.  ------  Tallula. 

Farmer  and  stock  dealer. 
TJOHN   frank   D  ANN  el.  ------  (Shetheld.l 

*BELL  TUMEY  ENGLISH,  A.  M.,  M.  D.  .  .  -  -  Marion,  la. 

Was  born  near  Carrollton,  111.,  March  12.  18.'i4.  He.  with  his  twin  brother. 
Lindsay,  graduated  at  Shurtleff  College  in  the  class  of  1877.  afterward  com- 
pleting the  course  at  the  University  of  Medicine.  Louisville.  Ky.  After  a  few 
years  of  successful  practice,  chiefly  at  Marion,  la.,  he  died  at  liis  home  .huu- 
9,  1894,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  beautiful  boys.  He  was  a  devout  man. 
and  greatly  interested  in  Cjiristian  Avork. 

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•liKV.  ELISIIA  KN(;LIsn.  A.  M..  M.  I>.  Clii.-.i^'o. 

W.is  horn  jit  (";irr<illt()n.  111..  I'cl.iii.iiy  1.;.  is.-.l.  lie  .-m,!  liis  Iwn  vuiiii;:.-;- 
brothers.  I'.cll  and  Lindsay  (wlm  were  twiiisi.   were  in'rsiia<U'(i     l>y  an     nld.-:- 

bi-otluT.  .Idliii   H..    Ill  atli'iid    Slmrll.-n    ('(dlcirc   and    .all    llir C    inc   yoiiii-cr 

brothor.s  wciv  coiivcrftMl  diniiiu  .1  i-.-vival  of  n-liiri.iii  ai  ilir  riipci-  Alinii  r..ii> 
list  riuircli.  'riioii  IdIIowimI  cniivictioiis  of  duly,  lit-  yiddi-il  liis  stri.ii;;  pci-- 
si.iial  .iiiiliiti(»ii  at  tli!>  voice  til"  (Jud,  and  with  licrnii-  palii'iici-.  faith  and  .self- 
(hMiial.  stnisjjrlod  fm-  the  cducaliuii  he  w.is  dcifiiiiiiicd  to  si-ciirc  lie  at. 
Iciiirth  jiradnatt^d  ffoni  Shurih-tr  ('ollcj^'i-  in  ilir  tl.iss  i.r  ISTC.  and  two  yt-.n-:- 
hiti'f  foinph'ti'd  the  Ilicolouic.Ml  coni'sr  in  ilic  s.inif  I  nsi  il  nl  imi.  II<'  was  m 
dainod  ar  Kearney.  Nel*..  and  aflfrwaid  lalini-d  .11  \inion  :ind  (liinndl.  la. 
.•md  llunm.  S.  I  >.  .M  (irinnrll  li(>  was  very  acliv<>  in  lli.'  liulil  Cor  proliilii,  i-m 
in  Inwa.  an"d  was  i  aiiicsi.  .luuri'ssivc  and  <uiispiiUcn  in  ids  oiipositioii  lo  tie 
liqnor  evil.  His  wink  .11  llui-on  was  \<^vy  diltienlt.  owinii  to  inliai-ni:inion> 
i'h>nienls  in  the  ehni-eh  wliieli  he  was  seekin.:.'  to  nnite.  and  at  len.irlli  the 
strain  i)roved  too  inneh  for  his  vitality.  Ileniorrha.tre  n\'  the  Innirs  fidlowed 
and  soon  consuniiition  was  f'asi  a((iinii)lislnn.i:'  its  deadly  work.  After  siteiid- 
iujr  some  time  in  (iVeeley.  Colo.,  in  the  hojie  of  reeoverin.Lr.  he  came  to  ("hieajro. 
whore  his  (h'ath  occui-red  .hine  !».  T^'.tl. 

Durinir  his  last  illness  lie  was  v;>ry  ])atienl  in  the  midst  of  irreat  idiysieal 
sufferin.i:-.  \]\<-  failli  was  sironi;-.  .and  his  life  nohle.  sweei  .itid  pnre.  lie  w  a - 
bnrieil  in  the  Iteantifnl  cenn-tery  at  Sprinutield.  111.  He  lefi  a  wife  .iiid  iw, 
Ilea n t i f nl  (hi nul it er s. 

*1J\?).SAV  i:\(HdSH.  .\.  .M..   M.  H.  -  -  .  -  <  arr..!!-!! 

Vonn,u:er  brother  of  Klisha.  Knsh  and  .lolni  I'...  ;md  twin  lire,  her  of  I',,!  I 
En.irlish.  was  born  on  his  fathei-"s  lann  near  < 'arrnllien.  Marrli  li'.  1,sr>4.  The 
twins  wen*  the  youngest  In  tin  Ciinily  of  ten  children.  Hnrin.ir  their  boyhiod. 
the  family  moved  to  Spriniilield.  W  Idle  ri'sidinj:-  here,  their  brother  .Itdiii 
entered  Shnrtleff  Coll(\c<'.  ami  tlnniitili  his  intlnenec^  I'ell  ami  lan<ls:iy  heuiin 
iu  1S70  a  eonrse  of  study  in  the  same  Insiitntion.  tiradiiatini:  loirether  in  ISTT. 
After  a  few  months  in  (Vilorado  for  the  l>enetit  id'  his  health.  Lindsa.v  beua" 
the  study  of  medicine  in  the  Louisville  (K.v.i  Medical  Iiuversity.  from  whi' li 
he  ffra(biated  in  1S7!)  with  the  hi.;;hest  homnvs  in  a  class  of  nearly  one  hundred. 

In  Au.cnst,  ISTD,  he  was  married  in  Carrollton.  III.,  to  Miss  Alice  lioberts. 
daughter  of  Uev.  .lohn  K.  Koberls.  He  at  once  entered  into  the  practice  of 
his  pr<dession  in  \\'oi.dville.  renmvin;;  in  ls>'.:'.  to  ('arrollton.  where  he  built 
up  an  extensile  praci  ice  .md  won  the  esteem  and  contiilt'iice  of  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact.  His  l.isi  jllness  was  a  determined  tiulit  .iir.ainsi  disease. 
He  had  an  excellent  <-onstitnt  ion  and  received  the  iiesi  of  attention  from  his 
fjiinil.v  and  many  friends,  liut  i;r( w  slowly  weakei-  :i'el  linally  died  .Inne  !.'<;. 
1S.S.">.  His  death  seemed  especially  s.id  on  account  of  his  yontl:  and  bri;;hl 
prospects.  He  Avas  a  conscientious,  simple-hearti'd.  generous  (Mirisiian.  His 
wife  .md  two  little  danuhiers  survive. 

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RrSH  ENGLISH. -  -  Mariuii.   la. 

After  gradxiatinfi'  from  the  Carrolltoii  Hiiiii  School  at  the  a.nc  of  1."),  he  be- 
gan teaching  in  the  vieinity  of  that  city,  and  several  years  later  entered 
Shnrtleff  College,  where  he  spent  one  year.  After  six  more  years  of  school 
teaching  he  returned  to  Shiu-tleff  and  went  tliroi.igh  the  Sophomore  year. 
After  teaching  for  a.  time  at  Kane,  111.,  ln^  removed  in  18S2  to  Sonth  Dakota, 
where  he  tanght  for  three  years,  devoting  considerable  tune  to  farming.  Ite- 
tnrning  to  Greene  Co.,  111.,  he  continued  his  chosen  worlv  nntil  called  to  Ite 
Principal  of  the  Elkton  (S.  D.^  public  schools,  his  wife  taking  the  place  of 
Assistant  Principal. 

In  1891  he  moved  to  ]Marion,  la.,  his  present  home,  wliere  he  is  actively 
engii^ed  in  the  insurance  business.  He  is  a  great  believer  in  the  principles 
of  Democracy,  being  a  free  trader.  He  believes  that  the  best  way  to  sup- 
pre.ss  the  liquor  curse  is  to  drink  wry  little  liiiiun-. 

Mr.  English  was  a  very  fine  student  in  College,  evincing  especial  aptitud^:' 
for  mathematics.  He  has  ahso  proved  himself  ;in  able  instructor,  tilling  witli 
marked  success  tlie  various  positions  which  lie  lias  lield.  His  family  cnns'sis 
of  his  Avife  and  danghlcr.  lie  is  an  active  wurlvi'r  in  llie  Baptist  Church  ana 
Sunday  School. 

=  I!ASSELTIXE  LOVINA  READ.  .  .  -  .  Lawrence.  Kan. 

Daughter  of  President  1>.  Itead,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo..  April.  lSr>3. 
and  while  a  child  came  to  I'jiper  Alton,  where  her  father  entered  upon  liis 
duties  as  President  ot  Shurtleff  College.  She  received  the  best  of  training  in 
her  youth,  and  became  a  skilled  musician.  In  1870  she  and  Miss  Sarah  Bulk- 
ley  entered  Shurtleff  College.  Both  were  excellent  students.  Miss  Head  did 
not  remain  to  gi'aduate,  her  beautifid  young  life  being  cut  sliort  by  the  hand 
of  death  on  September  13,  187.'>. 

WILLIAM  JUDSON  HEXRY   ROBERTS.  -  -  -  Upper  Alton 

REV.  JOHN  EMERSON  ROBERTS.  A.  B..  B.  I>..  Coates  House,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Graduated  at  Shurtleff  College  in  the  class  of  bSTt!.     I'aslor  of  The  Church 
of  This  World  (Unitarian). 

ROBERT  TEMPLETON  STILLW  ELL,  A.  M.     -    5523  Maple  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  .Mo. 

15  Insurance  Exchange. 
Was  born  December  21t.  1853,  in  Newport.  Ky.  Entered  Shurtleff  Col- 
lege in  1871,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1S75.  He  then  entered  the  Washing- 
ton University  Law  School,  St.  Louis,  ]\!()..  graduating  in  1877,  since  which 
time  he  lias  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  that  city.  He 
"Avas  married  to  Miss  Emma  F.  Williams,  of  Cleveland,  O..  September  1,  1880. 

ALBERT  O.  TERRY.  -  -  -         1215  Shawmut  Place,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

824  Chestnut  St, 
A  member  of  the  tirm  of  Terry  Bros.,  dealers  in   real   estate. 

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VA'.y.  i:i.isii.\  i:i'\\  AKi'  rvsox.  a.  m,.  it.  i».  -  (•.•iiirnniin. 

(JiMiluiilfd   ill    lln'  iljissical   and   lln'<il<>v;ii:il   (li'|».iniiioiits   «)l    SlimllfiT   ('<>l- 
le^t'  .111(1  was  pastiir  at    Duliilii.   Minn.,  for  ;i  citiisiih'raldi'  Iciigtli  of  liiiu-.     Is 

iinw  Idi-.iicd  o:-   i!i('   I'.icilic  ("oast. 


;n(»aii   r.  \\iiiri;M;i:. 
1'i:a.\k  \\(»Kr)i:.\.   \i.  i» 


( .M.ir(|ii.iii(l.   .Mo. I 

N<irili    .Mi'iii. 


1871-72. 

1;P:V.  WILLIAM  IMI.EY  A.Nl  HCUK  K.  H.  I).  -  -  -  \Vauki';r,in. 

Was  born  in  .M;iri(.ii  Co.,  111..  April  !l,  IS.'iU.  He  I'liicrrd  .simnlcff  ("olli-v'*' 
in  lsTi>,  graduatinjr  witli  ili.'  class  of  ISTS.  and  pursuiii};  posi-^traduati-  work 
lor  a  yt'ar  .•ifterw.ird.  lie  was  iii.irrii'd  to  Miss  Amanda  K.  S.-w.ird  al 
Patoka.  111..  Novcinlicr  lie.  IvT'.i.  :iiid  lins  held  the  Haplist  pastor.-iii-s  .-ii  I'.i'ihc!, 
iiaiivillc  and   Waiikcuan.    III..   Ilir  liisi    in-iiii:-  his  present    ticld  ot    l;iiior. 

in-:\  .  OSCAIJ   i:r(ii;M-;   ]'..\Im;i:K.   a.   .M.  -         r.rownin.u.  S.linyiei-  Co. 

BrotliiM-  of  Kcv.  S.  It.  I'..idu<'r.  of  liir  cl.-iss  of  1S74.  w:is  horn  .-it  I'.rll.'foii- 
taine.  ()..  .May  HH.  is.'.."..  lie  cnicrcd  Slmrllrff  (•(dlrirc  in  the  f:;ll  of  ISTI. 
yradliatin.i;-  witil  the  deulee  of  .\.  \\.  in  ISTT.  In  1>S.'>  he  reeeived  the  de;:lee 
of  A.   M.  from  Ids  Alm.i   .M.iier. 

Mr.  H.id,i;-er  is  a  Metluidist  l':i)is(  tji.-ii  rler-ymau.  Il<'  w.is  m.irried  \<,  \\\« 
.leiiiiii'  Miller,  at  'r.iylorvilje.  111..  Nov.  'J  I.  ISSii.  In  isM  lie  was  re,-eive,J 
(Ui  iri;il  ;it  lUiiiu's  CunfeiTiice.  and  lia^  held  pasioniies  at  .\iliens.  I>;iwsnn. 
II;irdin.  (";imdeii.  ('Iiandlerville  and  I'.rownin.u'.  111.,  liie  last  point  heinu-  hi< 
liresrnl   hie.-ilion.      I'or  hve  years  In-  l.ihored   in   (Miio  and    I'lorida. 


vKHENh/KIt    li.MM.V 


(Ipper   .Mton 


MAKY  ELII'A    ll.V  KUK  f  f  i:.N<  i  i.lSI  1.   .\.   .M..   .M.    I ».  -  i  >e  L.ind.   11a. 

Miss  Barrctr  w;is  liorii  (»<;olier  !'.».  is.'.:;,  in  I'l-eepori.  III.  She  ln-eanie  a 
inipil  of  Okaw  Seminary.  Sle'lhyville.  111,.  ;ind  siilise.|neni  ly  itiended  Knr.al 
I';irk  Semin.-iry.  Tpper  Alton.  111.  SJiorily  after  Shiirtlcff  Colle.-i'  oiieiied  lici 
doors  to  yoiniv  wcinuii.  .Miss  I'.ai-reti  entered  tln'  Colli'ue.  -i-adiiai  iiiu  wiin 
distinetimi  in  the  d.-i-s  id'  IST-".  a  'lass  w  idcli  ranked  niiii^u.illy  iiiuli.  lle> 
excellence  in  scliojarship  .-r   the  scIkkiIs  w  iiere  she  ii.id  sindied  prior  to  enter- 

iiij:  Slnirtleff   was   -e   ih.in   sustained    in   lier   Cnlle-e   ronise.       SJie   unite  1 

Willi  the  Ipiier  .\lloii    r.aptist  <Muirch  in   her  si.Mei'iilli  ye;ir. 

("»ii  .Inne  1."..  ls7.">.  she  was  mairh-d  at   lur  home  in  Slndtiy  \  iih'.   111.,  t.i  Ke . 
.I(din  H.     Kiii-dish.  of  tlie     .-l.-iss  .if     IST'J.      They   went   immedi.iiely     to     I'ori 

Howard,   u  is.,  where  .Mr.  Mnulisli  had  .•iceei.ied  ;i  c.ill  to  lier |p.isi.ir  of  t"i. 

Baptist  ("imrcli.  Here,  .-is  in  other  tiehls  where  her  hiisliaiid  laboied  ijnimy. 
111..  S.ilem.  X.  I.,  r.altimor.-.  .Md..  .New.irk.  N.  .1..  New  York  City  ami  linallv 
He  Laml.   IM.i.     .Mrs.  ICiiirlisli  has  displ.iyed  remark.ihle  :il>ility  .-iiul  ;i  cli.-irac- 


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ter  of  high  womanly  qualities  in  thosp  varied  and  trying  positions  in  which 
a  pastor's  wife  is  placed. 

While  in  Baltimore  she  and  lier  hnsband  pursued  a  full  course  in  medicine, 
graduating  with  honor,  lie  from  Ihe  Baltimore  Medical  College  and  she  from 
the  Woman's  iledlcal  Cortege,  in  1SS4.  Immediately  upon  graduation  she  re^ 
ceived  tlie  api»ointment  of  Clinical  I'liysician  in  the  Woman's  College,  a 
position  wliicli  she  resigned  wlien  lier  private  practice,  cliurch  and  homo 
duties  re~qiiired  more  of  her  time. 

In  June,  189(;,  Shurtleff  College  confen-ed  upon  Mrs.  Dr.  Knglisli  tlie  degree. 
of  Master  of  Arts,  in  recognition  of  licr  ability  and  attainments.  In  1897. 
when  lier  late  linsband  was  called  to  tlie  jiastorate  of  the  De  Land  Baptist 
Churcli  and  the  Chair  of  Oratory  ;ind  Biblical  Literature  in  Stetson  Univer- 
sity. Mrs.  Dr.  English  was  .also  called  to  the  Clialr  of  History  in  the  same 
institution,  entering  upon  tier  work  Septembei   2'.>. 

Three  children   have  been   lioin   to   ;\ir.   and   .Mrs.    English.     Metta    A'.,    the 
first-born,  a  beautiful  ;nid  i.ai'cly  gifted  girl,  was  "called  liome"  at   tlie  early 
age  of  17.    The  two  sous,  Aden  and  I'aul,  1!)  and  17  re-speetivelj',  are  enthus- 
iastic students  In  Stetson  Univei'sity,  wlicre  tluir  expenses  are  paid  throMgh 
out  the  course  under  the  terms  of  the  Pulitzer  pri/>(>  scluilarsliips.  wliich  \hoy 
Avon  in  the  New  York  grammar  .schools. 
*tTPIOMAS  HAIUMSON  BOW?iIAN.  .....  (Piasa.) 

*KEV.  WILLIA]M  IIEXKY  BKADT.  -  -  -         Died  in  Swatow,  China. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  College  lie  removed  lo  Nebraska,  and  afrerward 
AA(^nr  to  China  as  .a  iiiissiimary.  wlierc^  lie  died  of  Hright's  disease  in  llie  win- 
ter of  189."i.  ^Memorial  services  were  held  in  the  P.aptist  churclu's  of  St 
Charles  and  ^^'inolla.  Aliiiii..  which  lie  had  .allended  when  ;i  \(t(itli. 

ITHOMAS  ALBERT  BBUNK.  .....  (Cotton  Hill.. 

PEV.  .TOHN  C.  CARTElt.  ...  .  .  .  I'atoka. 

Was  born  ]Marcli  2."),  IS  lit.  in  Clinton  Co.,   111.     His  youth  was  spent  on  a 
farm.  ;ittending  the  district  scliool  three  inontiis  of  the  year.     Al   the  age  of 
21  lie  entered  Shurtleff  College,  devoting  si.x;     years  to  i)rep;irati(m   for     the 
Gospel  ministry,  being  ordained  in  .January,  l.S7<). 

He  has  been  pastor  of  the  Baptist  churches  iit  Troy.  111..  l>ownian's  (irove. 
la.,  Logan,  la.,  Craiid  .Imiction,  la..  Sublette.   111..  Albany.  Wis.,  .and  Patoka. 
111. 
tGILBEuT  MAUSII  CLEAYELAND.  ....  (.Medina,  N.  Y.> 

CHARLES  O.  DANNEL.  .....--  Kemper. 

SAMUEL  F.   DOUGLASS,   M.   D.  ...  Renault.    Monroe  Co. 

WILLIAM  HENRY  FERGUSON,  M.  D.  -        -        I>a  Crosse,   Rush  Co.,  Kan 

After  leaving  Shurtleff'  College  he  entered  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College 
from  which  he  gradtiated  in  187(),  since  which  tiiue  he  has  been  engaged  iii 
the  practice  of  his  profession.    He  is  also  ^Mayor  of  La  Crosst-, 

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Lrni,i:i5i:uKV  w.  loiti*.  (  .ni.vi.. 

Scliodl  i(';icli.'r. 

tAl>A    I'l.irrcIIKlJ    IIICKS.  i\\,\„-r    All. III.. 

Mil.KS  .KtllX   m   I'l'  .MAX.  C.  .iliii.ir.  ScMfs  lUiiir  r.i..    .\..|.. 

t.KUlN  .lA.MKS   Ki:  1:1,101  J.  i  W  iiK.iiM.    .Minn.. 

lil  Til  ("ArilKKlXK  .MILLS.  A.   .M.  .  -  Ippfi-  All(.n 

\\';is  Itiiin  in  runildf.  .X.  V.  :inil  wliil.-  ,1  ciiiid  ciinif  wiili  licr  luircnls  to 
Illinois,  rnicrinu-  SlnnildT  ("dilcxi'  in  ISTl.  ;in.l  uiMilu.-il  inu'  in  Ihc  .urt'.-il  chiss 
of  ISTC.     Slic  .•il'ciw.ir.l  ici-('ivt'(l  ihc  (lci:rcr  ..r  .\.  .M.  Iiimi  Sliiuilcll"  ("ollcjif. 

For  livf  years  .Miss  .Mills  stiulicd  Frcncli  and  .Mnsic  in  Si.  Lonis.  .Mo.,  also 
takin.i;  soni«>  posi-jinulualc  work  in  Slini-llcH'  Collet'.  Slic  ariciwanl  lanjrli' 
Latin  and  Fi-cndi  in  .Mt.  Carroll  Sfniinary.  .Ml.  Carroll.  111.,  stndyin;;  Ccrinaii 
at  the  same  time;  was  l'rincii)al  of  .Minir.i  I'cmalc  Collect',  ( Irt-cnv  ille.  111.. 
(an;xlii  inai  li.'iiiaiics  at  Sjtrin.nlii'ld.  111.,  .111. 1  ini.T  .11  Shui-ilfll  Collcirc  when' 
slu-  w.is  l"oi-  scvfi'.-il  years   I'reeepi  r/ss  ol    .Marili.i   W.i.i.l  Cidle.u:e. 

In  iN'.d  .Miss  .Mills  r.miule.l  ilie  .Mlmi  Ciui^erx  .iiory  of  .Musi.-  .-iiid  .\rl. 
which  has  ,i;rou  n  very  rapidly  in  ip.ipiilariiy,  ii.i\iiiL:-  .insi  i-nnipleied  iis 
si'venth  Near  id'  snceessl'ul   w.irk. 

MOILX  .l()Slir.\    XOIJLF.  -----  IHed   near  Ceiiiralia. 

1;K\.   CKOiaJF  CAK'l'FK   I'LCK.   .\.    1!  Indi.inola.    la. 

Was  horn  .lanuary  :!.  1S4'.».  a!  .Mason  Cily.  111.  lie  entered  ShnrtlelT  Coi- 
le.sj:e  in  Septeniher,  ISTl.  .iiradu.-iiin.i;'  froiii  llie  .l.issieal  e.inrse  in  .Inn.'.  1>>7.'>. 
afterward  takiii.s;  the  eourse  at  .Xew  inn 'I'he.do.-ieal  Seinin.iry.  (Hi.lnne  I'.i.  iss). 
he  was  married  to  .Miss  .Vnna  <'rowl.  of  Ma.son  Cily.  111.  Si.\  and  ..iie-hair 
years  wi're  spi-nt  in  .Mason  City,  and  live  .ind  one-half  in  Winieisei.  l.i.  .Mr. 
Peek  has  sinet*  htdd  pastorates  in  Omaha.  .Xeh..  and  Indianola.  la.,  liie  laiter 
city  lieiiiii-  his  tield  of  labor  at  the  pres-Mii   lime. 

*yALBKirr  11.  iMtrrciiK'rr.  -         -         .         .         .  kj,.,]  j,,  i,s74. 

*I1AIJLAX    I'ACF  KFAI). Win.hesler. 

A\as  horn  in  .Vn.ueliea.  .Vlle,ij;any  Co..  .X.  V..  .Vpril  1.  ISoS.  In  INtil  lie  eamo 
with  his  father's  fjimily  to  Wiinhester.  Ill  .  where  his  death  o<-eiirred  Si'p- 
tember  1.  hsTii.     lie  ;iil.'nd.<l  Shmilen  C.iHe.m-  Imi  a  short  lime. 

IJFV.  WILLI.V.M   SIIIFLKS   Uor.FKTS.    1  >.    1  >.  TV   I'im-  St..    Hnrlin;:ton.   Vf. 

\\as  horn  in  Xt'w  Carlisle.  Clark  Co..  (>..  .\pril  1.  IM."..  .Vfter  some  time 
spent  in  study  at  .\nn  Arbor  and  Kalamazoo.  .Mich.,  he  entered  the  Senioi* 
Class  id"  Shnrtleff  Colh-.iie  in  September.  ISTl.  .irradiialin.i;  from  ilie  classical 
course  the  following  .lime.  Thice  years  Liter  he  c.diiplele.l  the  theolo;;ica! 
course  at  llie  same  liisi  ii  111  ion.  li.'L.nnniii.i:'  p.isioral  work  in  .lanesville.  Wis. 
June  1."!,  INT.").  He  was  ati.rward  iiasior  for  some  years  ai  I'hiladelidiia.  I'.i. 
(Spruce  St.  Church),  and  Uocklaml.  .Me. 

Ill   l.S.SS   Kev.    Kobeits  re<-ei\ed    from    his    .Miii.i    Maler   llie   hoii.ir.iry   dcL're" 

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of  Doctor  of  l>iviiiity.      81111-0  Aiiguist,  18!»1,  lie  has  liccu  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Churcli  of  Burliiigron.  "N't.      He  was  married  on  November  2G,  1805, 
to  Miss  Julia  Backus  Sterliiiii-,  of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.    Diiriug  his  pastorate 
ill  Maine  he  was  I'residi-nt  of  the  ^Nlaine  Baptist  Educatiou  {Society. 
JOHN  FLETCHER  TATE.  .  -  -  .  .  Winterset,  la. 

THEODOKE  F.  TP^IIllY.  -  -  -  .j82t;  Maple  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

824  Chestnut  S:. 
Of  Terry  Bros.,  real  i  state  dealers. 

*SAMUEL  ELLICOTT  TYSON.  -  -  -         .  -  llankinson.   S.   D. 

triKNKY  J.  WERTZ.  ...--.  (Upper  Alton.) 

SAMUEL  HENRY    \N  ILSON.  ....  Ava,  Jackson   Co. 

JUDGE  WARREN  NELSON   WILSON.  ....  Baldwin. 

Was  born  Februai-y  8,  1851,  at  Baldwin,  111.  Attended  Shnrtleff  College 
from  1870  until  18T:i,  afterward  studying-  law  and  being  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Springfield,  HI..  .Fanu.-iry  ~>.  iSTT.  He  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  i)rofessi(in. 

In  .Mari-li.  isvo.  Mr.  Wilson  w.-is  appniated  .M;ister  in  Cliancery.  serving  fo'' 
six  years.       In   November,    INsr..   lie  was  elected   County  Judge  of   Randolph 
County,  iind  w-is  re-ele(-ted  in  IMM).     He  was  married  December  2r>,  1877,   to 
Miss  Helen  Crittenden,  and  they  have  three  sous  and  a  daughter.      Judge  Wii 
son  is  at  present  engaged  in  farming  and  practicing  law  at  Baldwin.     In  re 
ligioii  lie  is  ;i   I'resliyterian.  in  i)')liti(-s  a    I>enio<-rat. 

1872-73. 

LELIA      E.      ALBRO-DIl'DELLE.  .....  Matloou. 

JT;DCE  JOHN  CHARLES  BOWMAN.  ....  Carrollton. 

Was  born  in  Carrollton,  May  18,  LSr.C).  son  of  Dr.  A.  Bowman,  who  settlet] 
in  that  c-ity  in  IS.".;!.    The  family  removed  to  ^^'hitehall  in  1SU4.  and  here  the 
Son  attended     the  public     school,  afterw.-ird     laking  a   four  years'  course  in 
Shurtleft   College.       lie  gr.iduated   in  law   at    the   .Missouri   State  T'niversit.\ , 
Columbia.  iNIo.,  in  the  spi-iiig  of  ISS4,  being  admitted  the  same  spring  to  prac- 
tice in  the  courts  of  Illinois  and  Missouri. 

After  teaching  school  at  Wrightsville  for  two  years  he  began  the  practice 
of  law  in  Whitehall.      He  was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  Cooper,  daugliter  of 
William  T.  Cooper,  near  \\'rig]itsville.  May  1(>.  188<').    They  have  two  children, 
bofh  boys.     Mr.   Bi)wm.-iii  was  elected  County  Judge  of  (4r(H'ne   Co.   in  1890. 
and  re-elected  in  I8!>4.     In  bSU.j  he  removed  to  Carrollton.  where  he  has  since 
resided. 
ILUTHER  MADISON  CATES.  ....  (Rock  Spring,  N.  C, 

WILLIAM  JACKSON  CRAWFORD.  A.  :M.  -  382  Marion  St.,  Salem,  Ore. 

Graduated  from  Shurtleff  College  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  187(5.  and 

two  years  later  completed  the  course  in  tlie  Theological  Department  of  the 

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sjimo  Colh'uc.  i\'c('iviiiu:  lii>  A.  M.  dciiicc  in  1."'Mi.  Allcr  ;i  slmri  pMsinrMtc  in 
McMinnvillc.  Ore.  In-  .mi;.',ii:('i1  in  ir.-iciiniL:  siIukiI  .-iml  li:is  iIcmiIciI  liinis.'lf  n, 
this  WDfli  I'vcr  since.  Ii;ivinu  hccii  siir<Tssivi'ly  iirinciii;il  of  jln-  piiliiii-  scIkkiI.''. 
in  .VIc.Minnvillc.  Mt  iirniii.  Alli.inv.  ami  Salmi.  ( Mc  lie  now  li.is  i-liai-;,'c  <ii 
till'  Nm-tli  Salem  Sclinnl. 


ivKFFKUSOX    CKKKi*    IUXCA.N. 
'=iA\  IIol.lAM    IMH  CLASS   KI.V. 


I  r.i.v iniviik'.; 

(SI.   I.unis.   .Mo., 
Alton. 


\\II.I.I.V.M    IIK.XKV    K.NOS.    .M.    1 ».  .... 

Head  physician.  Alton  S.initafinm. 

im:\'.  w.  sankokk  (;i:i:.  r..  i>.  .         .         .         .         .         .       cain,. 

for  st'Vi'n  or  ci^ht  years  in  llie  pnhlic  schools  of  Sonlliern  Illinois.  I-;ntei-('(i 
Shnftlell  ("olle-c  in  ISTU.  remainini:-  a  year:  reentered  in  the  l.all  of  ]s~{\. 
^iradualiny  in  theolo-y  in  1N7.S. 

Ill  tile  course  ol    his  pastoral     labors  Mr.  (Jee  has  served     chnrciio  in   .Ml 
Vernon.   111.,    Indianapolis.    Ind..    IJncoln.    Xeh..   and    I'oril.ind.   Oie.       He  also 
held  a  pastorate  in  Idaho,  and  w.is  inr  a  time  chaplain  of  iiie  .Nelpiask.i   l.e^is 
laliiri'.     In  IS'.h;  lie  received  ilie  hoiiorar.\   di';:ree  of  hocior  ol"  Divinity. 

lir.  Cee  is  a  stam-li  ISaiMisi.  lie  was  m.irried  to  Miss  Ijiieline  1'.  Covin;,' 
ton  in  I'raiiUlin.  Ky..  Anuiist  l^o.  ISTi).  lie  is  at  present  pastor  ol  the  Kirs* 
Baptist  ("liurcli  of  C.-iiro.  'I'honuii  of  retirin.Li'  disposition,  he  is  a  m:in  of 
roco.unized  ability  and  h.is  iicen  n.-^elnl  in  ednc.itional  ,ind  demmiinatioiial 
work. 


ErillJAI.M   CO.MI'TO.X  Cir.KiJSUX. 
tJOIIN   IIHXKV  (JKKKU. 
t(JEt)K(iK  KUAKI>M.\X   ll.MJKIS. 

WILLIAM   WILKKS   IIAKKISS. 
Fanner. 
•-•=N\1LLI.\.M    KEATI.Xi;. 


llast    Xewlicin. 

» Wnndluirn.' 

( l!rid;:-eloli.    .X.  .1. 

rinckiiey  ville. 

Callionn    Co. 
Seattle.    Wasli. 


JCIIX  ci^LBKursox   KKiril.  .  -  -  . 

Ti-aclu'r  in  tlie  piildic  sciiools. 

AVILl.I.VM    C(>LK.M.\X    .M.VKI.OW.  .  .  .  .  .  Siinlii'ld. 

\\'as  horn  in  Ferry  Co..  111.,  (.'ciolier  US.  isi'i.  being  reared  on  a  larm  and 
atteiuliny  the  district  school.  lie  alterward  spent  mie  winter  in  study  ai 
rinckiK'yville.  and  jiarl  of  one  year  at  Shurtleff  College.  Ilis  life  since  ilii>. 
time  lias  been  de\(ited  io  farminu.  in  w  liich  he  has  been  successful. 

.Mr.  Marlow  w.is  mariied  in  IsTI  i  >  Sirihla  C.as.'y.  They  have  lour  sons. 
A  dauirliTer  died  at  the  .luc  of  l.'l.  Mr  Marlow  is  a  Clirisliaii  ^eiitleniaii.  and 
a  lover  of  all  tii.ii   leinls  to  uplift    liinii.aiiily. 

CFOIKJF  HASKFl.L  Ml'/Al.  L.n  iied.    Kan. 

I  >ealer  in  linnber  ,ind  I'oal. 


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ItEV.  FRANK  :MOItTOX.  -  -        -         1214  Missouri  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  College  circumstances  compelled  him  to  enter  bus- 
iness life,  which  he  followed  until  1.890,  when  he  gave  up  a  position  of  trusL 
and  responsibility  whicn  he  liad  held  for  over  twenty  years  Avith  M.  J.  Stein- 
berg, the  hatter,  and  ciilci-ed  tnlly  into  the  work  of  the  (Jospei  ministry.  lie 
is  at  present  pastor  ot  tlic  Fee  I^'ee  Baptist  Chnrcli  at  I'attonville,  ;\1()..  and 
missiduary.  under  tlie  Stale  F>oard,  for  the  soutliern  part  of  tlie  City  of  St. 
Louis. 

Tlirongliout  all  tlie  years  (;f  liis  business  experience  Mr.  Morion  devoted 
every  moment  of  liis  spare  linie  to  study  or  churcli  work.  He  is  a  man  of 
sterling  Christian  cliaracter.  anil  absolutely  reliable.  He  has  invented  and 
p.-itcnted  a  successful  process  of  ventilation  for  preserving  wheat  in  the 
elevator. 

HON  FKAXCIS  WAKXFR  FAUKFU.  A.  .M.         -  :54:J()  Vernon  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Suite  1410,  Marquette  Bldg. 

AVas  born  at  Alton,  111..  April  1,  IHTiS.  Entered  the  Freparatory  Depart- 
ment of  Shiu'tleft"  College  in  1872.  graduating  from  tlie  classical  course  in  1878. 
While  in  College  he  was  .always  foremost  in  (-very  goml  work  f(n'  the  ad- 
vancement of  tiie  interests  of  tlie  Institution,  .-lud  ;i  very  active  and  e;iriiesi 
worker  in  the  Society.  In  1877  he  was  l);i])liy,ed  by  Dr.  A.  A.  Keiidrick  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  Upper  Alton  Baptist  Churcli. 

After  studying  law  in  various  law  .illices  of  Chic.igo.  he  was  adniitied  to 
practice  Ix'tore  the  Suprenu'  Court  of  the  Sl;ile  of  Illinois  in  the  spring  ot; 
1.SSU,  and  served  as  K.\;iiiiiner  in  tlie  Fiiiled  Sl;ites  I'atent  Ottice  at  Wasli- 
ington,  I).  C.  from  1881  to  1883.  On  September  1.").  1,883,  he  Avas  married  b> 
Dr.  Kendrick  at  St.  Louis,  lo  Miss  Theres.i  Alm;i  Cliapmau.  a  former  Shurtleft 
student.  In  ISNl  he  delivered  the  .M.aster's  ()r;i!ion  and  took  the  .Master's 
degree  in  course. 

In  the  fall  of  1S84  Mr.  F;irker  was  elecl'd  .i  ineiiilier  of  tlie  Thii'ly-r(jurtl: 
(Jener;il  Assemlily  of  the  Staie  of  Illinois,  lo  reiireseiit  tlu'  Kepublicau  inter- 
ests of  the  First  Seii.alorial  District  ot  Chicago,  in  which  city  he  h;id  jusf 
loc.-ited.  He  served  eflicicntly  on  the  judiciary,  corp;ii';ilioii.  iiinnicin:!!  and 
other  committees,  and  took  an  active  part  in  tlie  re-election  of  Gen.  John  A. 
Logan  to  the  United  States  Senate.  He  w.is  .-Kbiiitted  to  practice  before  the 
Sui»renie  Court  of  the   I  iiited  St;iti'S  ia  bs8(;. 

Mr.  Farker  was  oiu'  of  the  founders  and  lirst  .Moderator  of  the  Calvary 
Baptist  Church.  Chicago,  in  181(2;  Fresident  of  the  Chicago  Baptist  City  Mis- 
sion Society,  1894-7;  Vjce-l'resident  of  the  Baptist  Social  Union  of  Chicago; 
was  elected  a  Trustee  ot  Shurtlcff  College  in  1.^'9."),  and  a  member  of  the  Ad- 
visory Board  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  Chicago  in  ISKC.  For  some  years  past  he 
has  been  very  successfully  pi-acticing  patent  l;iw  in  Chicago,  where  ho  is  a 
nieiid>cr  of  the  .Memori;il  F.a]ilis(   Ciiurch.  ()rieiil;d  Consistory.  Fnioii  League, 

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D) 


1.  Norman. 

2.  Leslie. 


THH  PARKLR  FAMILY 

3.  Francis  VV.  Parkur,  '->. 

4.  Theresa  A.  Cliapiiian  Paikcr,  ';i 


s.   Ki  .inrls  W.,    ]r. 
'•    Trov  I.. 


Konwood  ;in(l  IIAinillun  CIiiIk.  .iikI  rcrciiil.v  hmU  :iii  .iciivc  \t:\\\  in  i»r;.Miiiy.iii^ 
tln'  Cliicjijro  SlmrllflT  Aliiiniii  A>>iiri;iliiiii. 

Fraiu-is  \V.  I'.nkci-  is  our  of  Ihnsc  hkmi  wIkisc  ii.-hih-  niic  :i;ii  in.illy  ;i>sm 
fiatt's  Willi  the  wnrd  ••sm-ciss."  ll(>  is  m  man  of  siipiili  .iinl  wcll-ilirccicd 
i'iu<rj,'.v.  uC  iiispiriii.:;  pn'sciici'.  a  iiia;:iiilicciii  siu-akcr.  lie  lias  iccciiily  opfiicil 
a  l)i-aii(li  <iHi<-(>  in  I,ciii(ii>ii.  Mr.  aiiil  Mrs.  I'arkiT  jiavi-  an  i-li'^'aiit  Ihmik'  ami 
lour  splciidi'i  hoys  It  is  a  plcasmc  \i,  he  ;ii,i(.  i,,  pivsciil  our  n-ailcrs  an  t-n- 
.urraviiiT  o'  iliis  laiiiiiy  uroUji. 

l;i;\  .  FRANCIS  WAVLANI)  l'.\  KSc  )\s.  A.  I?..  H.  I  >..  I'll.  I  >.       .Marslialllown.  la. 

Was  horn  in  ( Jri,irusvill('.  111..  .\nuMisi  ii!t.  IMli,  rcc-ivinj:  a  uooil  coihiiiom 
s<'lit)()l  t'diication  in  tli.n  |il.icc.  !)i-  (Mi;:.iui'd  in  hiisiiicss  at  an  cirly  a;,'i'.  hii 
bi'inj;  convinced  thai  ii  wis  hjs  (.  iiy  to  preach,  lie  sidd  out  and  lie;:aii  pic 
para'Ion  for  ilie  niinisiry.  riiicndiiii:,  Sliurllett  ("olle;'('  and  ^radnaiiii:.'  uiiii  iIp- 
degree  of  A.  H.  in  isTT  and  P..  1  >.  in  ISTN.  haviiii,'  '■iii.idr  np"  iwo  years  dm- 
in,i.'  his  atleiidance  ai  ihc  Cnllcuc.  in  I  v.i_'  h,.  n-civcd  ilic  dr-rce  of  I'll.  1 ». 
from  Sliurtlefi. 

Novcniher  I'S.  IST^.  lie  w.is  iiuiiried  ;ii  Terry.  Tike  Co.  111.,  lo  Miss  laiiiii;' 
'P.  \'ertrees.  His  lirst  pastorale  was  ,ii  (Jlenwood,  la.,  where  he  reiiiaiiiec 
lor  over  twelve  years,  in  which  titiic  ilie  iiieinhership  was  aliont  doiilded  and 
-Mr.  Parsons  in  addiiimi  io  iiis  pastor;il  duties  siic<ceded  in  ::iisiii;r  SJ.'i.nun 
for  tlle  Des  AloincN  i;,i|ili-l  Colle.^e.  In  .May.  ISMJ.  lie  ;|ccepied  lllc  call  of 
the  ■'darsli.-illiow   1  I'.apiisi  Cliiircli. 

|tr.  l';iisoiis  has  always  taken  .nfeai  interest  in  the  ediical  ioiial  work  oi 
Iowa.  I*..  V.  P.  P.  wdik.  Si.iic  missions,  etc.,  haviiiu  liceii  a  meniher  (d"  l!;<' 
State  Couvenlion  Koaru  and  Ihe  K.vecutive  Commillee.  He  is  now  Nice 
Tresidont  of  the  Board  of  Trust ees  of  Des  Moines  Haptist  Collej;,-. 

^»A^I1)    PKKKV    PUircilirrr.  .  .  .  .  .  .lerseyvill.- 

Lipi.ii:  M.Mtv  PKi  rciii:r  r  i'.\i;i;.\T       ....        .M.irsh.iii.  .mo. 

.lOII.N  \V.  KKN.NICK.              --....  itisniaick.   .Mo. 

MAIJV  .lANE  UK.NMCK-KKIH.            ...  Los  An.mdi-s.  Ca:. 

'niO.MPSOX  .\P  SIIIOAFF. (Hushuell.i 

(;i:<»Kt;K  Sll.\  1;K.  .IK.          ......  Silvertcn.   Colo. 

KK\.    IlK.MtY    WILBEKFOKCF   TArK.  -  Chariton.    I.i 

f'asio'r  First  Baptist  Chnridi. 

THOMAS  JKFFFKSO.V  rPCllPUCH.  -  Pduc  .Moninl.  .M.ic.mi  Co. 

IIKPK.X    \\1.\  rillioP  .\11-,1;K11,I..  ;:iis  Inion   SI..   Spnnulicld.    .M;i>s. 

.Miss  \Vintlirii»  was  Ikmii  in  P.osion.  .Mass..  .Inly  Jt;.  Ps.Vi.     .Xfu-r  her  alleiid 

ance  at   ShiirlleH"  Colleire   in    Pjiper  .Mion.   seven   yeai's   wtic   sjieiit    with    the 

K.  (J.   i>nn    .Mcrcaniile  .\u'i'iicy.   St.    I.oiiis.    .Mo.       ,\d\einlier    li"..    ISS'J.   she   wa- 

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married  in  St.  Louis  to  Nelson  W.  Merrill,  and     they  lived  in  Omaha,     Xeb., 
until  June,  188G,  when  they  removed  to  Spriuglield,  Mass. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrill  are  very  active  church  and  temperance  workers. 
Three  children — Bernice,  Herbert  and  Rutli — have  gladdened  their  liome. 

1873-74. 

TMADISON   BAGBY.  ......  (St.   Louis.   Mo.; 

REV.  WILLIA:M  IIEXKY  BEEBY.  A.iL.  B.  I).       -  -  Fairmounr. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  College,  having  graduated  trom  tlie  classical  coursi- 
in  1880  and  from  the  llieological  Department  in  1882,  he  labored  tor  six  ytart. 
in  Minnesota  under  Tlie  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.  After  a 
short  pastorate  in  Illinois,  lie  went  to  India  as  missionary  of  the  American 
Baptist  ^Missionary  Union.  He  labored  for  tive  years,  chiefly  in  Kazipett  and 
Deccan.  baptizing  197  Telugus.  At  length  his  health  broke  with  malarial 
fever  and  he  w.is  oliligcd  lo'  rctiun  lo  lliis  country  to  recruit.  He  has  lectured 
considerably  upni  his  work  en  llie  foreign  liehi,  and  has  recently  accepted  a 
regular  pasforate  at  Fnirnioiint.  Verinillion  Co. 

Mr.  Bceby  was  married  in  .lone.  ISSO.  to  Miss  Clara  Iticli.  of  Fidelity,  .Jer- 
sey Co.  riiey  have  hve  cliildreii  -Florence,  l-'rank.  Fan).  Kutli  and  Nellie. 
Mr.  Beeby  is  ;i  very  earnest,  consecrated  Cliristinn  woi'ker.  He  received  tlie 
degree  ot  A.  .M.  from  Sliurllelf   in  ISS'.t. 

yADONlRA.M  .IFDSON  COLE.  -  .  i  M  inne;ip(piis.  Miini.) 

•iYVILTON  S.  COLLAWN.  .  .  -  -  (Bowling  (Jreen,  Va.; 

-^■JOEL  B.   COMl'TON.  ....  .  _  .  Chicago. 

tLUClUS  A.  CUMMINS.  ..----  (Boseolul,   Wis.) 

=•KE^^  I.  F.  DAA'IS.  -----  Hied  in  New  York  in  iSlHi. 

FRANK  COREY   FENITT.  -  -  -  Oklalioma   City,   Okla. 

Dealer  in  real  estate. 
JOSEPH   S.   FORREST.  -  .  -  -  .  Schullyville.    I.   T. 

Choctaw  Indian.    Now  a  prominent  olllcial  of  the  Clnjctaw  Nation. 

tEVANS  GREENE.  --------        (Medora  ) 

CARRIE  N.  HARRIS.  ------  Wichita.   Kan. 

ALBERT  HEMINOVER.  ------  Bloomington. 

Farmer. 
BENSON   HUME.  -----  Chambersburg.    Pike   Co. 

tWILLIAM    F.    McCALL.  ------  (Brighton.; 

*M  AN  FORD  JAMES  RICKS.  -----  Topeka,  Kau, 

After  spending  a  year  in  study  at  Siiurtletf  College  lie  attended  Wesleyan 

University  at  Bloommgton,  graduating     in  bSSO,     and   tlien     taking  up     la'A. 

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studying  for  ;i  time  Ml  lli.«  Wt'slcvMii  [..iw  Srlioul  jiiid  .-ilso  in  ili.-  (.tlin-  ul 
Sttvoiisoii  iV:  Kwiiiir  in  I'liiiiiiiiiiirinii.  .hhI  lirini:  ;iiliiiii  h-il  In  llic  li;ir  in  l^sl. 
Sliortly  MfliTW.-ird  lie  i-cnKivrd  in  'I'niu'k.i.  K.in..  :inil  lirr.inn-  ni;in;i^in;;  "iliio:' 
»)(  "Till'  K:nis;i-;  KMinicr."  w  liirh  hr  Mnd  rinf.  II  < '.  KrM.iii  |i:ii|  |inr«-li,i.,cd. 
lie  died  of  typlioid  Icvc"  in  iv^'J. 

.lAV    TKANK    SIIKAiJAiA.N.  Wiclnlii.    K.iii. 

Sui)(>rinlt'ndcni  dl  liic  Snnd.iy  Sclini.I  oi'  ihc  IMisi  li.iptlsi  Clinrcli.  r'or  :i 
linu'  rrcsiTicni  ul'  ilic  K.iu^.is  r,,i|.iisi   Assnri.-ii  i:iM. 

ciiAiii.Ks  A.  \- \i.i,i;tim-;.  -  -  .v.:;i   M.ipir  .w...  si.  LuuIs.  m... 

Aniiri(;in   ( 'cntr.-il   I'ld^'. 

\\';is  liuiii  in  ( 'iiiiinn.-iti.  ( »..  M.ncli  !».  IS.M.  Soon  Ml'lcrw  ;ii'd  his  p;ii-"ni.s 
ri'movcd   ^(   Iti'llcvillc.    111..   ,ind   :ii    ilir     clnsc  u{   ilic  \v;ir  •-.•nni-     lo  Si.    I.uiii-;. 

will  re  lie  ;ii[rndcd  ill:'   l"r;inklin  r;i;inini.ir  S<-1 1  .nid  l.iici'  ijic   Ijiirii  Si-lm  pI. 

hi  IML'  Ills  r.-imily  rcniDVcd  i..  1  ppcr  Allnn.  111.,  and  in  Ilic  TmII  lie  ii','.u:;t  i 
tcricl.iiifr  school  in  the  Woixl  IJivci-  disirici.  rinilinniiijr  the  work  for  .Iirct- 
yi';irs.  In  Scptcinlicr.  1.v7r>.  lie  cnicrcd  ShuillcH  ('oll('j;o.  Inil  he  left  Itcfort-  !ho 
olost^  of  the  year  and  icsiini'.'d  scimnl  tcachin.!;  in  ('honlcan  Island  scliool- 
lionx  .  Madiso!!  ( 'o. 

In  1S7(i  he  idilaincd  ciiiplDynicni  wiili  th;-  Wils  >n  \  Tdiiis  Invcsiim  ni  Cu.. 
81.  IxiMi^.  at  a  salary  of  Slid  pci-  ninnili.  tcadiiim-  niuhi  school  al  Ihc  same 
time  and  aitcmdin.i:  tlic  Si.  l.onis  Law  Schonl.  iniciidini;-  in  lake  np  the  orac- 
ticc  of  law.  Tim  he  was  oliii-cd  \n  remain  in  linsiness.  and  in  .\pril.  IST'.l. 
fi,...(.j,i,  ;l  ;,  posllion  as  hoDUkeeju'r  for  Hemis  Urns.  I'.ai:  Cu..  Si.  l.miis.  -^uIk"- 
qr.ntrlj  becomin.ii-  cashier  and  remaiiiinii:  wiili  ilieiii  in  all  almni  eleven  ye;!i-. 
In  .m;I.\-.  l.v'.Mi.  he  liecaine  cashiei-  and  l>oidvkee|ier  nf  ihc  Missdiu'i  IClec'.ric 
l.i,L:lil  .-'I'l!  Power  Co..  and  afler  cmisididal  ion  willi  liie  lOdison  llliimiuali'i .; 
Co..  of  St.  Lonis.  was  relaincd  as  cashier  (d  Ihe  new  M  issonri-Kdisoii  lOlectric 
Co..  which  posiliim  he  now  oi-ciijiics.  He  is  ;ilso  Seerci.iry  .and  Treasurer  01 
the  Edwardsville  Electric  IJulit  and  I'nwci-  Co..  wliidi  cnnip.iny  ^ivcs  liirli' 
to  the  people  of  Edwardsville.  111.,  and  also  maiinfactnrcs  arlilii-i.il  ici  . 

Mr.  Vallefte  was  baptized  into  ilie  Tpper  Alton  liaimsi  Cluireh  in  I'd- 
ruary.  .1S7.">.  and  upon  his  removal  to  St.  Louis  united  with  the  Second   Hap- 

tist  Church.     He  was  married  Oetolier  i:5.  \SSi\.  to  Miss  Sarah   E.  I mis.  oi 

IL'irtford.  Conn,     'i'lie'v  now  hav(>  four  children,  two  Iidvs  .and  t  ,vo  i^irls. 


JT  LEV  E.  v.\.\   iioosin:  s run »i:u. 
t<;E()U(;E  n.  wiirn;. 

tV,  ILLIA.M   W.   will  IE. 


.Nokomis. 
I  Leli.ailoll.l 

('i'rentoii.i 


I>.\Vn>    HAK.VETT. 
ELORA    HIKn(H'-Sri:.\CE. 


1874-75. 


KlkUMlluec.      1.       r 

4'JS7    I'ailiii    .Vve..    St.    Louis.    M. 


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ItEV.  THOMAS  SCOTT  BON'ELL,  A.  M.,  K.  D.        -  -  -         Fort  Dodge,  la. 

Was  born  in  Cliarleston,  Coles  Co..  111.,  Detpmber  25,  1853.  Entered  the 
Preparatory  Depafcment  of  Slinrtleff  in  1874,  j-radnating-  from  the  College  in 
ISTJt  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class.  After  a  year  in  Itochester  Theo- 
logical Seminary  he  retnrned  to  Shurtlefl'.  graduating  from  the  Theological 
Department  in  1881  and  immediately  entering  upon  the  pastorate  of  the  Paiia 
Bitptist  Church,  being  ordained  tbe  follo^Yiug  August. 

September  IS,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  L.  Mulilemann,  of  Wood- 
burn,  111.,  al.so  a  member  of  the  Shurtleff  class  of  1879.  Removing  to  Iowa 
in  1882,  he  was  pastor  at  Carroll,  and  later  at  Council  Bluffs  and  Indianola 
He  has  been  located  at  P"'ort  Dodge  since  Api-il,  ISiil. 

REV.  HETvBERT  HARVEY  BRANCH,  A.  B.,  B.  D.  -  -  Carbondale. 

Was  born  February  G,  18.54,  in  Mt.  Cilead,  Morrow  Co.,  Ohio;  son  of  Rev. 
AVilliam  Branch  and  Lucy  C.  Knapp-Braneh.  He  entered  Shurtleff  College  in 
the  college  year  1874-75,  graduating  from  the  classical  course  in  June,  1880., 
anci  from  the  Theological  Depai'tment  in  1882.  On  JNIay  10,  1881.  he  Was 
married  by  Dr.  A.  A.  Keiidrick  to  Miss  Clar;i  Blanche  Russell,  of  St.  I.ouis. 
Alo. 

.Mr.  Bi-anch  was  pastor  at  lieloit.  Kan..  fr(Mn  18S2  until  1888;  tlien  at  First 
Bapti.>-r  Church  of  Quincj'.  111.,  from  1888  to  18!>:!,  since  wliicli  d.'itc  he  hns 
been  in  charge  of  the  First  Baptist  Cluu-cli  of  C;irli(inil;ile. 

FRAXCP].S  XEWEEL  BULKLEY-R.OBERTS.  -  -  Kans.is  City,  Mo. 

The  third  daughter  of  Dr.  .1.  Bulkley.  was  born  in  Carrollton.  111.,  April  23, 
185(1  Her  early  educarion  was  secured  in  the  public  schools  of  Carrollton, 
and  after  her  father  removed  to  Upper  Alron  in  18t>:i  she  entered  Shm-tleft 
College  and  was  gi-aduated  in  the  cLiss  of  187(>.  After  graduation  she  taught 
for  a  season  in  Mr.  Carroll  Seminary,  IVlt.  Carroll,  111. 

She  was  married  to  .lohn  E.  Roberts  in  Upper  .Vlton.  September  2("(,  1878. 
He  was  also  a  menduM'  ol  the  'iuirlleff  clnss  of  UsTO;  was  for  several  year^' 
a  Baptist  minister,  hut  changed  his  views  ;iii(l  eiitei-ed  the  Unil.-irian  ministry. 
At  this  time  they  removed  to  Ivansas  Cily,  .Mo..  .Mr.  Koberts"  former  i)astorate 
having  been  in  Carrollton. 

]\Irs.  Robei'ts  died  in  Emporia.  Kan..  .Vprll  2;].  18.85,  on  her  2i»th  birthday. 
She  left  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter.  She  was  an  earnest,  de- 
voted Christian  wife  and  mother,  thoroughly  consecrated  to  the  interests  of 
her  churcli  and  her  honte. 

THERESA  ALMA  CHAPMAN-PARKER.  -  .34.30  Vernon  Ave.,   Chicago. 

Her  girlhood  was  spent  in  the  old  village  of  Tapper  Alton,  where  she  at- 
tended Shurtleff  College  for  so;iu>  time,  although  she  did  not  remain  to 
graduate.  She  afterward  taught  in  M..  Carroll  Seminary,  :Mt.  Carroll,  ill., 
and  subsequently  in  Almira  Female  College,  (ireenvilie.  111.,  being  associated 
Avith  Miss  Ruth  C.  r^lills  at  both  these  institutions. 

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Sln'  \v;is  iii.irru'd  SeiHciiilicr  1.".,  ISS;!.  |<>  ricni.  I'i;iii<i<  W.  I';iiUit.  >>f  ilic 
clnss  of  ISTs.  liMviiiir  since  reside, 1  in  ( "liie.-i^r".   111. 

iClIAKI.KS    i:i>\\Ai:i»   (LA  VTON'.  ....  .( 'Iiii  i  li.ini.i 

Kli\AAlM>  C.    J>i:.\NV.  Kl    l  .,,i;i,l...    K;in. 

rpiin  leaviuir  Siinrtlelt  College  h,.  reiiirned  to  his  old  home  at  IMasa.  111., 
and  entered  inlo  Inisiness.  In  IMT  he  removed  to  Kansas,  and  has  since 
been  the  Icidiii;:  dc.iler  in  dry  uoimIs  ;ind  i:i'nci-al  nicrch.-mdisc  .n   1-;!  l)o|-:id.i. 

:(;i-;(H{(;k  ('.  I)(M(;iii;kty.  ......  i.vn-oia.,- 

i;i;\'.  liKoriCi;  i:i,i,i:kv  i>^  i:.  ....        wiiinw.  cai. 

Was  bofii  in  ('lininn.  ill..  .M.i\  I.'..  lS."..j.  Al'lef  a  residence  of  ten  \e:ir.o 
in  Eikharr.  111.,  he  removed  to  Sjirinyrlield.  111.,  where  he  became  a  telef:rapli 
operator.  Here  he  wa.'^  eoiiverted  and  joined  the  First  liaptisi  ClMn'ch.  Not 
Ions  after\v:ird  Ue  entereil  ShnrtletT  Colleire  id  prei»are  hiinseH'  for  the  «;o> 
pel  miiHstry.  He  was  a  nu'iidier  ^t^'  the  class  (d'  ISSu  diirin;:-  his  stay  :it 
Sluirtlefr,  but  did  not  lemain  lo  jiradnate.  lieinu  m.irried  in  1>S()  lo  :\iiss  .Mlii 
K.  Hardinjr.  of  Henson.  111.,  his  lirsr  p.isioraie. 

Ut^  afterward  eiiiercd  V.  .M.  ('.  .\.  w.nk  in  ( 'iiic.iuo.  iroini;  iliciicc  to  .Minne 
apolis.  Minn.,  as  (JiMieral  Secretary.  In  ivs:'.  he  reentered  the  tninistry.  hold- 
ing successful  pasiorates  at  Wilbur.  .\eb..  S.uii.i  .\na  .ind  Los  .\njieles.  (.'a! 
His  eiiurcli  at  Willow.  C'al.,  is  to-d.-iy  liie  l.irucsi.  wc.ilihicsi  ami  must  in 
Huenrial  between   Sacramento  :ind    I'lirlland. 

.Mr.  Dye  h;is  hccn  cm-respenden;  ami  editor  of  several  p;iper>:  w.is  City 
Pre.sident  of  the  Los  An.ii'cles  V.  1*.  S.  ( '.  '•;.  for  two  years.  Secretary  of  the 
California  Bai)tist  Ministers"  Conlerence  ilircc  years,  and  has  .ilsn  been  K  • 
eordin.i;"  Secretary  of  the  Soulliern  ( 'aliforni.i  ("(invention.  .\l  jircscnt  he  i» 
Seeretarv  of  iiie  Convention  for  .Xoiihcrn  .ind  Central  California. 


tCAKTITLV      .M.      I'l  LLl  >S- W  1  LS(  t.\. 

a.    MUNDY   FRKNCH.  ... 

Train  Dispatcher  C,  C.  C.  and  St.   L.  Ky. 


rrahlc<|nah.      I.      "i". 
Matioon 


Hi:.\.iAMlN  W.  (JAlHi. 

CEORcno  H.  (;ui:i:.\i;. 


Horse  C.ivc.   Ilnii   Co..    K.\. 

L'si'i;   N.    SpiTni:'   .Vve..    Si.    Louis.    Mo. 
Secretary  Loeldin  \\'hip  and  (."ollar  (.'o. 

loII.N  .T.  (iUEENE. l{ockbrid-.;e. 

1  a  finer. 

*yCHAULES    E.    ILM..L.  -  -  iL.ith.im.i     W.is   dn.wn.-d 

Ar.REirr    C.    HCUD.  ...  .lerseyville. 

\\ILL1AM  L.  .MI:1IA(;AN.  -  ::t)i:;  Clark  Ave..  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Bookkeeper.  St.  Louis  (Jroccry  ;ind  i^ineensware  To. 


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ELLEN  L.  MUHLEMANN-BOYELL.  Ph.  B.        -  -  -        Fort  Dodge,  la. 

Miss  JNJuhlemanu  was  born  iu  Jersey viile,  111.,  February  28,  IS.IT,  of  Swiss 
parentage.  At  an  early  age  slie  went  with  the  family  to  Woortburn.  111.  After 
teaching  Frencii  for  a  yivir  at  tlie  Jacksonville  Female  Seminary  slie  entered 
ShurtlefP  College,  graduating  from  the  scientific  course  in  1870.  During  the 
next  two  years  she  taught  iu  a  German  boarding  school  at  Cincinnati,  O. 

Ou  September  13,  18S3.  occurred  iier  marriage  with  Kev.  Thomas  S.  Bovell. 
They  have  five  daughters.  Although  a  busy  pastor's  wife,  slie  has  still  found 
time  to  study  considerably  and  to  teach  tlie  uuidcrn  langu;igfs  and  nrusic. 

ANNIE   NAVrKIS-IIINlMCHW.  ---..-  Alton. 

rriiOMAS  W.   I'OWELL.  --.-...  (Ottawa.) 

FRANK   SAIJOENT.  ---....        Upper  Alton. 

(iEOKUE   II.    SCirAPEl{.  ---...  Nokomis. 

Druggist. 

lUCHAItD    SIMMONS.  --.--.  GreenHi-,d. 

Hardware  dealer. 

ELIHF  T.  STOI^T.  -  .  .  .  co;)  s.  El"veutli  St..  Springfield. 

Druggist  and  newsdealer. 

*-iI{OP.EKT  STI  KGEON.  ------  I W(i(id])urn.i 

IT.  E.  WATKINS.  ------  -  (Upper  Alton.) 

STUBAREN  I).  WHAM.  -  -  -  -  Ciil  t<'r  City.  :Marinn  Co. 

Agent  Cliicago  and  Fasteni  Illinois  It.  IJ. 

CARRIE  A.  WIHTTLESEi-WI.XXKCAK.  -  -  -  Sioux  City,  la. 

REV.  WARREN  EU<iEXE  \\'1SE.  -  -  -         I'.cavcr  Civek.  Bniid  Co. 

Baptist  pi-eacjicr. 

1875-76. 

finJA  ARMOUR  IIUFF.MAN.  -  !  ie.iiing.  Scoffs  Bluff  Co.,  Neb, 

tMATTIE  J.  BARBER.  ------  (Upper  Alton-.^ 

tTHOMAS  S.  BARBER.  ------  (Tapper  Alton.' 

OTTO  F.  BARTH,  A.   M.  -.-___  Poris,   Cal. 

Since  his  graduation  from  tlu-  classicjil  course  al  Shurtli-ff  College  in  1882, 
he  has  devoted  liimsell  to  tencliing  in  puldic  scliools.  For  two  years  while 
in  Eastern  Illinois,  iu  Mnjit-d  "Tlu'  Home  and  Scliool  Pulletin"  iu  cimnection 
witli  Ins  scliool  room  duties.  He  was  located  in  Birniingiiam,  Al;i..  t~or  ;i 
time.  Two  States— Illinois  and  California— liave  honored  Mr.  Barth  wiili  life 
diplomas.     He  is  al  prcseni  I'riucipal  of  tlie  Penis  Union  High  School. 

fANNA  B.  BISHOI'.        --------         (Godfrey.) 

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t«;K()K(;i;  <AMIMti:i.l,. 

J{i:\.      IIIOMAS      M.      COI-FKY. 

I'.isior  of  VAk  I'. lint  I'..'iitli>i  Clmn-li. 

MAl'llli:W    CIlAXi   K. 
tAWA    M.   coon. 
v.KMlX  .1.  ((ION. 

tsoLON  F.  1)i;i,am:v. 

♦JESSIE    IHtEW.  -  -  .  . 

*1>()LIE  EEWELL. 

tJ.   I>.  EKWIX.  .... 

F.  E.  FElUnsoX. 

EEWOOD  S.  .lOXES. 


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Wiii.ln-sl.T. 

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(Xi'iii.i.) 

Mll-^ko-rr.     I.    'I".,     in     ISS'J. 

rpixT  Aiidii. 

(Jcrscyvillci 

(';ii'<'  1  (cciiiiir  Mf^'.  <"u..  Cliica-ru, 

Kisiiii:  Cilv.   Xch. 


W'.is  liorii  Ml  .li'i-s.'vvilli'.  111..  .\i)\cmlici-  1.  IN.'i.".  Entered  the  l're]i;ir:itui-> 
Keparliiieiii  i>\'  Slmrllef!'  Cilleu,'  in  IST.'v.  hiii  w.is  eoiniK'Ued  (ui  .leeoiiiil  uf 
failillj:'    lie.-lllll     In    iliseiUll  illUe    llie    eiilll'^e    (lni-ill--    his     l"reslim;l  II    .Ve.ir.         .M'ler 

leaviii.i;  ColU'.irt'  lie  s\)cu\  a  luiiiilicr  dI  .vcars  in  fa  nil  in,:,',  leaeliiii.i:  and  travel 
in  Missouri.  Aricansas.  Kansas  and  Xeln-aska.  Was  (•n.i,'a;,'ed  in  Ilie  real  estate 
and  insurance  hnsiness  in  Kansas.  1s.V!;-!iii.  ami  iMisiniaster  at  IJiisseii  Siiriiii.'s. 
Kan..  l.S,ST-SU. 

Mr.  .Tones  is  at  presiMit  residing  at  IJisiim'  ('ii.v,  Xeli..  eni^.-iLicd  in  wriiiii;; 
for  newspaiK'rs  .-ind  farm   ioiuii.ils. 

ALBERT  JBWETT  KEXl»i:iCI>:.  .\.  P..  -  -  I'nri   Smith.   .\iU. 

Born  in  "Wauivt'slui.  Wis..  Ocidhe:  .">.  isc.'i.  speiidin.ir  Hie  e.ii].\  .ve.ars  uf  Ids 
life  ill  St.  Ltiuis.  .Mo.,  ami  lemovinu  with  his  parents  to  Tpjier  .Mluii  in  tlie 
early  TO's.  He  entered  Sliurtleli'  Culle-e  in  is?.".  ;;r;idn.ilim;-  in  ISN.",  wilii 
second  lionors.  In  l.vM  lie  accepted  .i  positinii  on  th'  ■■|>ail.\'  I  >isp;iicli."  of 
Onialia.  Xeli..  .-is  repoi-ier.  and  :i  few  ninniii>  l.iici-  was  made  city  editor  of  tiie 
"Omaha  Bee."  lillinj;-  this  otlice  until  .M  i.\.  ISST.  when  he  rcninved  lo  Chicajro. 
as  oftcrin.i:'  a  hro.ider  ;ind  iietter  lield.  Starting'  in  iis  a  reporter  on  tin- 
"('hioapo  Daily  Xcws."  he  w.is  siici-essively  made  telej^rajdi  editor,  eilitnri.il 
writer  and  city  editor,  fur  .i  time  lilliii.i:  llie  position  of  m.-m.-iirinir  editor. 

W  the  close  of  the  WnrliTs  F.iir.  duriiii;-  which  .Mr.  KendricU  hail  .-in  ex- 
cellent np|>orliinity  of  sind.xiiiLi  the  resiinri'cs  nf  ilie  differcni  p:iris  of  the 
country,  he  cinicluded  to  ud  iiiln  Imsihess  fi.r  himsi'll'  in  the  Smiih.  .-ind  seleci- 
injr  F<irt  Siiiitli.  .\rk..  :is  his  fniiiie  li.ise  of  oi>ei-atioiis.  loc;iled  there,  pur- 
ch.-isinir  the  "Daily  .Xcws  liecord.'  lie  was  the  lirsi  imldisher  in  .\rkans;is  to 
introduce  typesetliiif-  niachines.  The  ".Xews  Ue<-ord"  has  recently  eii-cied  its 
own  linildin.ir.  .•ind  is  r.ipidly  develoiiin.u.'  into  one  of  the  most  v.-iliialde  m-ws 
Jt.lper   p|-Mperlies   in    Ihe   siii.-lller   cities   ,i\'    the   SiHllll. 

.Mr.   Ki'iidrick  was     m.irrii-d   mi   is.s.s  to     .Miss  .Minnie     1..  Il.i/.eii.  id'  .Minne 
apidis.  .Minn.     'I'liree  children  li.i\e  ln'cii  h.un  tu  iheni. 


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I^?A BELLA  J.  LOWIS.  Pli.  B.  -  -  -  -  -  Moriisoiivillc. 

REX.  OHARLE8  HAl^SEY  McKEE,  A.  M.  -  -  -  Athfii.i,  Ore. 

Was  ))(ini  in  Edgar  ('')..  III..  April  11.  isr.r..  Eulcri'il  ShiirlU'ff  Collejiie  in 
1873,  gradnariuij  with  tlu'  dogree  of  A.  B.  in  ISSl.  lie  received  the  degree  of 
A.,  M.  a  few  years  later.  He  studied  theology  at  Sluirtleff  College  for 
a  year,  was  ordained  in  Deceniher,  \HH'2,  and  afterward  tanghl 
school  for  two  years.  He  liecanie  pastor  of  the  Baptist  ("liurch  at  Xnlvoniis, 
HI.,  April  1,  1884.  In  1880  he  accepted  the  pastoi'.-ile  of  the  church  at  (ioodwin. 
S.  D.,  one  year  later  entering  the  service  of  I  lie  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  of  New  York  and  spending  .seven  years  as  missionary  pastoi 
and  district  missionary  in  Soiitli  Dakota.  After  a  two  years"  pastorate  at 
Albany,  Ore.,  from  1894  to  189(J,  he  re-entei-ed  tlie  service  of  the  abo\'e  Society 
and  is  at  present  engaged  in  niissionai'y  work  in  Eastei'n  Oregon,  with  liead- 
qiiarters  at  Athena. 

Mr.  McKee  w;is  mnri-ied  at  Plainheld.  111..  Oecember  <).  1884.  to  Mis.'? 
Melva  J.  Spencer,  of  Appleton.  ^^'is.  They  li.ixc  three  sons  and  a  little  (hiugh- 
ter.  the  boys  being  members  of  the  Athena  B.iptisI   Cliiircli. 

ntOE.  PRANK  IVA.X  MERCHANT.  Ph.  I).        -  -  -      Vermillion.  S.  D. 

Was  born  in  New  York  City.  Decendier  2.'!,  18"i.  liis  i»arents  being  Albert 
and  Candace  (Downs)  Merciiant.  His  ancestors  of  Colonial  days  fonght 
bravely  in  tlie  Revolutionary  War.  The  subject  of  this  sketcli  passed  his 
boyhood  in  Bennington.  Vt.,  and  vicinity,  where  tlie  families  of  both  liis 
parents  have  resided  for  several  generations,  When  I'rank  was  13  years 
old  his  father  died,  and  his  mother  with  her  two  sons  and  daughter  removed 
to  Cedar  Falls,  la.,  where  his  elementary  education  was  obtained.  He  also 
learned  the  tinner's  trade,  serving  three  years  as  an  jipprcntice.  His  ambition 
was  to  secure  a  lilier.il  education,  and  in  tlie  latter  p;irt  of  his  apprenticeship 
he  took  up  the  study  of  Ivatin  and  Greek,  applying  himself  diligently  in  the 
early  morning  and  after  his  day',s  work  was  over.  He  Avas  l)aptiz;ed  at  Cedar 
Falls  by  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Stitler  (then  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  that  city), 
who  took  a  deep  interest  in  young  Merchant,  encouraging  and  assisting  him 
in  llis  studies. 

At  length  he  entered  ShnrtlefC  College  in  1870  and  graduated  in  1880  with 
a  magnificent  record,  having  attained  probably  as  high  a  grade  of  scholarship 
as  was  ever  reached  by  a  Shurtleff  graduate.  From  1880  to  1885  he  taught 
Latin,  Greek  and  German  in  tlie  Shurtleff  Preparatory  Department,  then  went 
to  Germany  and  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  Classical  Philology  and  Phil- 
osophy at  the  University  of  Berlin  until  1800,  when  lie  received  from  the 
University  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pliilosophy.  After  anotlier  year  spent  in 
study  and  travel  in  (Germany.  lu>  accepted  tlie  Cli;iir  of  Latin  Language  and 
Literature  in  the  State  University  of  South  Dakota  at  Vermillion,  which  he 
still  occuijies. 

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SAUAII    i:.    MITCIIKI.I..  Ki'Jd   M..iis(iii   St..    !'.-nii.i. 

:-S.   v..   Norr.  i.l.Ts.'yvilliM 

^VASIIINC'PON    r..    TAIIIsKK.  Kl^'iii. 

KIv\".    II  KMtV    roi.i.AKh.  .Mciiil<it:i. 

Has  luiMi  an  Atlvciitist  prcadK-r  since  1S77.  and  siiicf  IVH  lias  lic.-n  i-ilitnr 
of  ■"Our  II(i]ii>  and  T>ifi'  in  Clnlsi  "  a  religious  wfi-kly. 

EVA    KAXIxtLI'II  IM.ACKSroi'K.  ....         ( ;iiiiiiis..ii.  Cul... 

After  leaviuj:  SliiirtlftT  ('(illcuf  slic  iaii.irlii  scIiodI  for  a  few  years,  ami 
was  united  in  inarriaire  with  .Insepli  HIackstock.  nf  (Jnnnisdu.  (""ido.,  where 
they  still  resld*.'.    Throe  stronj;  healthy  hoys  till  the  hniiie  with  ji»y. 

ALICE   V.   UISiX(;-l)OrTHET'r.  S^-JU   X.   Caini.l.ci;   Si..   Siinn^'lh-ld.   .M-i. 

NETTIE  RISINl>-EXLOW.  .....  Pittsliinir.  Tex. 

Miss  Kisinji  was  horn  in  s<mth\virk.  Mass..  Sejiiciiilier  17.  isj'.i.  When 
about  live  or  six  years  old  she  moved  wiiji  lier  pareiils  to  I'ariliaidi.  .Minn.. 
and  at  the  ajre  of  17  to  T'pper  .\llon.  111.  She  was  a  suideiii  al  .Minira  t 'ol 
lesie.  (Jreenville.  111.,  afterward  .ur.idnatiiiir  at  Knral  Park  Seminary,  rpjiei 
Alton,  in  1H71.  and  atteiHlinj,'  Shnrtletl  ('iillei.re  for  ahout  two  years. 

Miss  Hisinjr  was  married  May  22.  1S7S.  to  .1.  II.  Eidow.  of  Qnincy.  III. 
They  left  I'pper  Alton  in  October.  l.*->'4.  and  have  lived  in  Texas  ever  since 
twelvo  yenrs  in  Pittsburi:.  .Mr.  .ind  .Mrs.  lOnlow  h.ive  three  i-hihinMi  Il.nr-y 
It.,  a  Freshman  in  the  Stale  Iniversiiy  .-it  .Vusiin:  Stella  .Vnneiie.  H.  .'ind 
Charles  Eastoa.  lo.  boili  :itteiidin.ir  .Icff.  I»avis  CoIIclm'  at  I'itisi.iii-u. 
where  .Mrs.  Enlow  is  te.-ichcr  of  music. 

EltAXCIS  DWKiHT  KOOn.  .\.  .M..  P..  I>.  -  -  -  Avon  Park.   Fla. 

Was  born  at  Godfrey.  111..  .Inne  1."..  l.s.V.i.  He  entered  Shnrtleff  Cidlcu'c  in 
].S7."».  {rraduatiug  with  the  class  of  issi.  H"  w.is  Principal  of  the  .\lton  IIi;.'h 
School  in  1881-82,  and  then  spent  two  years  in  study  at  ihe  Yah-  l>iviniiy 
School  and  two  at  Chicairo  Theoloirical  Seminary,  receiviiiir  the  de^rrce  n>f  p.. 
D.  from  the  latter. 

Mr.  Rood  was  mai'ried  to  Mi>s  .\niiella  <"i  imver  .it  Chnutau(jna  Lake.  N. 
Y..  August  27.  18S."».  He  is  a  ( 'i>ii.urc.u';ii  ional  minister.  His  lirst  pasiorate 
after  frradiiatin.LT  from  tlic  Semip.iry  was  lie;iun  in  l.s.si;  ;it  the  .Xorili  Con^^iie- 
national  Church.  Ihiudewood,  Chic.-iiio.  whepc  ln'  rem.iiiied  for  over  four 
yi'ars.  His  voice  and  hcailii  l.-iiliiiLT.  he  speiii  some  time  in  ret  ni>er;ition.  re- 
luovinir  t()  Florida  si'Veral  ye.-irs  .-iiro  and  orjrani/.inir  the  Con;rrev'alion;il 
Church  of  .\von  T*:irk.  of  which  he  is  now  ]>aslor. 

HATIII':   S(,H   IKK  .Mrnc,  F/rr.  -  -  -  Alma.    Il.irl.in   Co..    Xeb. 

Aficr  Icaviuir  Shut  llelT  College  .Mi><s  Sipiii'r  iam:lii  ouc  ye.ir  in  Si.  Louis. 
.Mo..  aflei-\\  .ird  l.-ikim:  cliar;:c  of  liic  prim;ii\  dcp.iii  iiiciil  of  ihe  .\lm;i  i.Xel».i 
public  schools,  which  position  she  held  for  two  ye.irs. 

In  1887  she  was  married  at  her  home  in  Alton.   III.,  to  Haniel   P..  .Mudireit. 

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Dr.  J.  Bulkley  performing  the  ceremony.      They  have  since  resided  in  Alma. 
Neb. 
SAMUEL  DOUGTvAS  STAT3L.  A.  B..  LL.  B..  OGl  Sycamore  St.,  Terre  Haute.  Ind. 

Was  born  at  ^loro.  Madison  Co..  111.,  November  4,  1859.  Entered  Shirrtleft 
College  in  September.  IST.j,  graduating  in  1881.  He  afterward  graduated 
from  the  "Wesleyan  University  Law  School  at  Bloomington,  111.,  being  vala- 
dictorian  and  llrst  prize  winner  in  the  class  of  1884.  After  practicing  his 
profession  for  a  year  or  two  in  Danville.  111.,  he  wa.s  appointed  Special  Ex- 
aminer Linited  States  Bureau  of  Pensions,  wliicli  position  he  has  ever  since 
occupied,  having  been  located  successively  at  Somerset,  Ky.,  Washington,  D. 
C.  and  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Ml".  Stahl  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Beyer  at  Danville.  111..  .June  27.  1887. 

AYILLIAM  HENRY  STALLING s.  -----  Alhambra. 

DAUL  WALTER.  ------  Upper  Alton. 

REV.  J.  F.  WELLS.  A.  :\I..  B.  D..  I'll.  D..  2i;(;(;  Hallock  Ave..  Kansas  City.  Kan. 
Was  born  near  Buchanan,  ]Mich.,  February  L*.">.  18.")7.  When  he  was  (luite 
young  his  parents  removed  to  Fairbury.  111.,  where  he  attended  the  public 
school.  His  father  being  unable  to  pi-ovide  for  the  expenses  of  hi.s  college 
training,  young  ^^'ells  worked  his  Avay  through,  by  teaching  school  a  portion 
of  each  year,  and  also  doing  chores,  sawing  wond.  etc.  He  entered  the  Illi- 
nois Wesleyan  at  Blooniington  in  1872,  where  he  did  tAvo  years"  work.  He 
was  converted  and  j  lined  the  Baptist  Cliurcli  of  L''.iTrbury.  111.,  in  tlie  s])ring 
of  1875,  wlTile  teaching  school  near  that  place.  He  immediately  decided  to 
devote  his  life  to  the  Baptisi  ministry,  and  entered  Shurtleff  College,  graduat- 
ing from  the  classicnl  course  in  1878  and  from  th'^  Theological  Department 
in  1880.    He  received  the  degree  of  A.  :\I.  in  1884,  and  Ph.  D.  in  1894. 

Mr.  Weils  was  married  July  l.">,  1880.  to  Miss  .lennie  May  8hiv(>ley.  ot 
Fairbury,  111.  He  has  held  pastorates  at  Fidelity  and  Pittsfield,  111.,  and 
Hiawatha.  Kan.  Since  June,  1892,  he  has  been  pastor  of  the  Edgerton  Place 
Baptist  Chnrch  in  Kansas  City,  K.nn.  His  pastoral  soi-vice  has  been  greatly 
blessed.  While  at  Hiawatlia  tlie  nieniliership  of  his  cliurch  was  more  than 
doulded,  and  during  his  Kansas  City  pastorate  a  beautiful  new  house  of 
worship  I'as  been  erected  to  meet  the  growing  needs  of  the  church. 

RUBY   WHITTLESEY-BISSELL. Ettingham. 

1876-77. 

WALTER  APPERSON.  -------  Areola. 

'REV.  JOHN  FRANK  BAKER.  A.  B.,  B.  D.         -  -  Spokane  Falls.  Wash. 

Was  born  ,Tune  1,  1853,  on  the  old  Tippecanoe  battlefield  in  Indiana.    His 

early  life  was  spent     in  Michigan     and  Illinois,  where     his  father.  Hoy.  .7.  C. 

Baker,  held  pastorates  and  was  eng.-iged  in  general  missionary  work.     In  1S74. 

when  the  family  renuived  to  the  Paeitic  Coast,  John,  the  oldest  son.  remained 

292 


M> 


1.  S.  Arthur  Winlitiiiaii,  '83. 

2.  Josephine  Holt.  "Hs- 

3.  Hieaker  H    Williams.  '83 

4.  MyroiiC.  Miner.  '85. 

5.  F.  Marion  Johnson.  '86. 
b.  John  B.  Reynohis.  •85. 
7.  j allies  E.  Cooinbs,  'S6. 


S.   Willie  Hon.liir; 
I,.    Sadie  1-.  J'lr-  It.    SI.. 
10    Chariest       r..lholl.    .SO 

11.  Ida  M    Wichinian  Keynolds.   86. 

12.  John  V.  WliitiiiK.  '8}. 

13.  Maude  1:.  Murphy  .Aekeis.  '.'^i 

14.  John  li.  Curiy,  '85 


.lines  T    lUi>wn. 
Samuel  K.  Skiuiiel.    Hj. 
.\ll.eil  T   f.riMith.  'SS. 
Nathaniel    I     Heatoii.    87 
Teiesa  A.  Joestili»J.    87. 
K I  nest   V.  Mallbv,    Wi. 


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in  ScllO!>l  :il  lU(i(i)nill.i:li)ii,  111.  Twd  yc;lls  l;ilrl-  lie  w.is  fililc  I>  l.lUi-  ;i(lv,lll 
t;i,s,'fs  of  (iiiiinnmiiih  s  MlViiidt'd  ;ii  Slmrilcll  ('i.llf;j('.  ciiicrin;:  in  lli<-  \':i\]  or 
1S7»i  ami  .CMatliialiii;:  willi  tli.-  (h';:rt\'  of  A.  It.  in  ISSil.  One  year  was  also 
sprni  in  llio  'riuolo^rical  Hcpari  nuiii  of  SImrlli'll".  rollowrd  liy  i  wo  yi-ais  in 
tlio  liaptist  Union  Tlir  )Io.irical  Seminary.  Moiixan  rarl<.  111.  Alit  r  ;:iailiiaiin,ii 
from  llic  laliiT  in  .M.i.x.  )ss;;.  Ii,-  \\a->  manird  .liiiu'  li'  to  .Miss  Laura  10. 
riiillips.  ol"  Ijipcr  .Vlloii.  ami  on  An;:u.sl  1  Sflilcd  as  pasior  of  iln-  Firs;  It.ip 
list  CliMich  of  S|  ukan.'  Falls. 

Durin.u'  Mr.  P.ai<crs  I'lilirc  colli'^'c  and  tJu'olo;;ii-al  conrsi's  li,'  actrd  as  |»as- 
tor  and  sniijily  for  cliurclu's  in  tiic  vicinily  <d"  Ilic  instilntions  lie  was  atlcnil- 
iiijl.  Ho  was  a  zealous,  eousecrated  man.  ea;ier  lu  do  his  ulmosi  for  llie  cause 
of  Christ,  liut  the  demands  of  the  work  on  the  Western  frontier  were  so  jirt'ss- 
in;r  that  in  the  spa(<'  of  Idiir  .\c;iis  h,'  li.ail  wroii;.Mii  iiiio  ilie  fo\uidai  ions  of 
tliis  work  his  own  life,  and  on  Auuiisi  ;i,  l.ssT.  died  .'it   i  he  ;me  nf  :;i. 


],V.M.V.\    .IKSSF    I'.AKF.KU. 


Corwith.    Hancock   Co..   la. 


FJ;ANK   B.   I  I,.\.(  K.  iLMi'.i   rnioii   .\vc..    Kansas  City.    Mo.     Siaiioii   A). 

Was  born  in  (Jalva,  Henry  Co..  HI..  Seittemlier  11.  l.s."i(;.  soon  after  his 
pareiits'  removal  from  Soiii  he.isiern  New  York.  He  entered  ShnrtlelT  CulleRi.' 
in  Scjiiemlier.  \>7*k  Ihi!  when  (iid.\-  alioiii  half  way  liiroUL'li  ili.-  course  was 
stricken  with  typhoid  fever.  After  a  severe  illness  (d'  several  months  he  l»e- 
jran  teacliins  scduxd  near  AVoods"  Station,  iiortlieasi  of  Fpper  Alton,  and  the 
followin.ir  year  tati.ixlit  at  I'.othalin.  111.  While  eiiLiaufd  in  school  te.icliinj;  he 
liad  studied  shorihaml  eviMiiuiis  and  Saturdays,  and  in  ilie  sjn-inu:  of  ls,v.'{ 
comiiKMiced  a  lerni  as  court  reporter  in  the  District  Court  ai  Fdw.irdsville, 
and  afterwaid  reiioried  for  The  courts  of  Carlinville.  S.ilein  .and  Chester.  111., 
until  February,  l.vsi;.  wIhmi  he  jicceptcil  .i  p(]siion  with  F.-iiili.inks.  M<u'se  ^: 
<'i)..  .at  .^t.  Louis,  lirst  as  steiuirr.iplier.  ilnii  as  ir.iveiiULr  salesman,  remaining: 
with  the  St.  Luuis  lioust>  until  .lanu.iry.  l>'.i;t,  wiicn  lie  was  transferred  to  the 
Kansas  City  liramli. 

On  .May  1.  IStli;,  Mr.  I!lack  .iccepied  the  Wi  stern  ;i-('ncy  of  the  ciu-por:i 
tion  '".loiies  (d'  I'.inuiiamioii."  the  pii'sideiit  of  which  <oncci-n.  Ilcui.  Fdward  I- 
Jones.  ori.uMnated  snnie  tliirt.\-iwo  .\c.irs  .a.ixo  the  expicssioii.  since  copyrii,'hted. 
of  "Jones  lie  Fays  the  l''rei,L;lit."  'Phis  company  m.inuf.ictu res  scales  cd'  all 
descriptions.  .Mr.  Hlack  is  .also  a  iu'id<cr.  h.aiidiinj,'  lim  s  (d'  iron,  steel,  r.ailway 
supplies,  etc.,  Iiein<i-  Kansas  City  .luful  of  the  Tudor  H-on  Works.  St.  Louis; 
Oliver  H"ou  and  Steel  Co.,  Fittshurjr.  F.i.;  .Me.xandi'r  C.ir  Kepl.icer  Mft:.  ("<»., 
Seranion.  I'a..  ami  the  Iliuidicck  Lnmlier  C  •..  (d'  Hornl)eck.  L.i. 

^Ir.  Hlack  has  been  twice  m.irried  liisi  to  .Miss  .Mlie  .M.  lOwaii.  (d'  Heiii.ilto. 
HI.,  on  I'ebruary  S.  ISS..*;.  .Mrs.  j'.l.ick  ;iml  three  sm.ill  children  two  boys  ;iiid 
a  irirl  W(  i-e  .-ill  laUeii  .iway  by  deaili.  ( »n  ((ciidi.'f  17.  ]SJ-.  .Mr.  lU.ick  m;ir 
ried  .Miss  .Mabcd  Stevens,  cd'  Farsons.  K;in.  Tliey  h.i\c  two  children.  ;i  lioy  of 
four  and  ;i  baby  j;irl  of  about  eighteen  immihs. 


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TALBOTr  V.  BKIXK.  -  -  -  -  S.  Fourth  St..  Spiiu.triield. 

HEW  .TI'STT^S  LOliEY  r>T:LKLI<]Y.  A.  .M.,   V,.  1).  -  Inya   Kara,  Wyo. 

(iraduj'.'ed  from  tlic  classical  conr.st>  at  Shurtleft"  College  in  1883.  Received 
the  deirroe  of  A.  .M.  in  1SS7,  ami  is  alsD  a  graduate  of  the  Theological  Depart- 
ment. From  1S84  until  1802  he  was  a  missionary  in  Burma  under  the  Amer- 
ican Baptist  Mis.sionary  Fnloj).  Ifeturning  to  this  country  in  18U2,  he  resided 
in  Upper  Alton  for  a  year,  -was  afterward  pastor  at  Ashley,  111.,  and  una.Uy 
removed  ti)  the  West.  Avhtre  iie  has  been  living  at  Fairview,  Neb.,  and  Inya 
Kara,  Wyo. 

Ylv.  I';i)k;e\  was  married  on  Marcli  o.  1884,  to  Miss  Josie  lloru'-y,  of 
Fclci'sl.urg.    111. 

r WILLIAM  K.  BUTLEU.  -------  (Carlyle.j 

CELESTIXA  r.  CHAPMAX-STOOKEY.        -         1427'/!..  ("hamplaiu  Ave..  Chicago. 
'tTIMOTlIY  S.  DOixJE. -  (Upper  Alton.) 

WILLIA?.!  A.  FORSTEK,  M.  I).        -         -       ;i28-0  Rialio  Bldg..  Kausus  City,  ilo. 

A  native  of  Denniarlv;  was  horn  May  11,  18.1(!.  His  Tatlier,  I)r.  Andrew  P. 
Forster,  was  a  physician  of  note,  who  died  in  Fort  Scott,  Kan.,  at  the  age 
of  71.  Ilis  mother,  of  English  parentage,  noAV  resides  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
At  11  years  of  age  the  suliject  of  our  sketch  emigrated  with  his  parents  to 
America,  settling  in  LaSalle  Co..  111.,  where  William  spent  his  youth  on  tht; 
farm  until  18  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  High  School  at  Touica,  111., 
subsecincntly  attending  Shurtleff  Coll<>ge.  During  his  college  course  he  paid 
his  own  way  by  doing  whatever  he  could,  boarding  himsplf  most  of  the  time, 
his  fare  being  of  the  scantiest.  On  Sunday  he  walked  four  miles  to  a  Baptist 
?.Iission  Sabbath  School,  of  wliicli  lu'  was  suiK'rinicndent  and  Bible  class 
teacher. 

After  leaving  Sluirtlelf  College  he  entered  the  Homeopathic  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Missouri,  at  St.  Louis,  graduating  in  188(t,  and  taking  first  prize  for 
snrgerj-.  He  was  surgeon  in  charge  of  the  free  dispensa;*y  of  the  college,  and 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital.  Removing  to  Fort  Scott, 
Kan.,  he  went  into  pai'mershii)  with  his  father.  He  afterward  practiced  two 
and  a  half  years  In  Nevada,  Mo.,  then  spent  another  year  at  Fort  Scott,  and 
in  June,  188.5,  went  to  Kansas  City.  Mo.,  where  he  has  remained  ever  since, 
having  attained  high  rank  as  a  homeopathic  physician  and  surgeon. 

Dr.  Forster  was  married  December  (>,  1M)4,  to  Mrs.  Fannie  C.  widow  ot 
Thomas  T.  Roe,  and  daughter  of  .Tohn  A.  and  Sarah  E.  Cannon.  The  Doctor 
has  two  children  by  a' former  marriage.  .lessie  H.,  1.3,  and  AValter  L.,  10.  Dr. 
Forster  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy,  Missotfri  In- 
stitute of  Homeopathy,  Kansas  State  Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  Missouri 
Valley  Homeopathic  Medical  Association  and  the  Homeopathic  Club  of  K».n- 
sas  City.      For  si.\  years  he  was  Professor  of  Surgery  in  the     Homeopathic; 

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.Mfdii.-il  ('ollf;;c  (pf  K.iiis.'is  ("My.  (  f  which  hf  is  ;i  cli.-iru  r  Hicniln'r  ;:ntl  (.ue 
of  the  fouiiilers.  ami  is  at  pn'sc:i!  I'lMlfssiH-  of  Sii.-;;t'ry  iu  tht»  Colk';^i'  ol 
Hdii-CDpatliii-  Mt'dii-iiu'  aiul  Sui-;;!'r.v  of  tlic   Kaiisa^N  City   I'niversity. 

MOSK'S    II.    IIAKT.  .....                Cn'i;:!!!..!!.    .M(.. 

tOKVlLI  K   \.    KKI.L.  -                                                                        .Sal.  in.) 

tFRANKl.l.X   .M.i<i;i;.  -            .              ....           (('hri.siiiaii.) 

tJUEL   J..    .MKli.\i;L.  .           .              ....              (Salnii.) 

.SOLO.MON   I'.VKSO.NS.  ......              (;ri«^'svill<'. 

Jv.VlK.V     !•:.    I'lnLMi'S-BAKlOK.  ...  OaklaiHl.    Cal. 

7\iiss  I'hillips  was  hdin  Fehniary  (!,  1S."'.».  Kcsidcil  in  I  piicr  Aliuii  frdiu 
Juu''.  ISCiS,  until  Cicti)iii>r.  ISTS,  when  slic  (•iilcrcd  Mi.  ("arridl  St-nniiary.  .Mi. 
('ari'')ll.  111.,  I'tMurnnit;-  in  l>(MHSidicr,  isT'.i.  Two  ycai-  wfn  alii  ruard  siiciii  ir 
yinutlcfl"  Collt'gc. 

Juno  12.  \HS'.',,  she  was  luarried  to  Kcv.  .1.  !•'.  Hai^i-r,  and  ri-niovrd  ti  tlic 
Pai-ilic  Coast,  Avhorc  .Mr.  lUikcr  s.Mticd  .\n.nusi  1  as  pasior  nl'  iln-  r,;iniisl 
Church  of  SpokaiU'  Fails.  Wasli.  Siiiri'  ilic  dc.ith  (d'  licr  iiusliand.  .Vn^iist  '.i. 
1887,  Mrs.  Baker  lias  I'.ceii  eiiiploycd  as  ;i  tc.iciirr  and  siipiTiniciidciii  of  ilir 
Chinese  Mission  Schnuls  in  Oaklaiui.  (":il..  .uiii  roiiland.  nvr.  Shr  is  n  >w  in 
Oaklan.l. 

JCII.\  WILDY   FL.VCK,  A.  H.  -  -  l.Mi  Nassau  St..   .New   York  City 

In  loan  and  real  estate  Inisiness  at  I'dooiningloii.  111.,  ISM-si"..     .\i  1 1.isi  iiil'-. 

Nell..  lS8i»-.S!).     Afterward  iirarticed  law  in  .\cw  York  Ciiy  lor  .a   linie.  and  is 

at  present  a  nieniTier  <d'  ilio  liini  ol'  I'laic,  'riioinas  vV  Co.,  who  li.andle  foreifiu 

anil  donaestic  collt'ctions  in  ih.if  cifv. 


tEl>WIX  E.  KEKi). 

IKilLVCE  E.  ROBEKTS. 

.Vircnt  of  the  Wcsicrn  I'liion  iWiildini 


I  .Ncwlici'ii.i 
loS  .lacks  .11  Si..  Cliicaj,'o. 


i;nid.  Okla. 
Si.  .loscidi.  Mich. 


TIIO.MAS  .r.  S.V.\I"()1M). 

KEV.  IIE.NHY  SCIIFLTZ.  ..... 

Pastor  (d'  the  St.  .loscph  li.iplisi  Chiircli. 

ALICE  L.  STAl  USCUAl.X.  -  -         12227  E.  Founii  SI.,   l.is  Ani.'.dcs,  Cal. 

t.MABTIlA   ELLE.N    WII.V.M.  ......  (S.ileiu.i 

*ISAAC  C.  WOOLEUY.  ....  iSciota.) 


11E\".  .I.\MES  .1.  BKISTUW. 
.lOSEl'll   C.   F.Kl.NK. 


1877-78. 


i;.l.-.ir.  .Nch. 
Spriii;:ticld. 


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BERTHA  BULKLEY-ROACH,  A.  M.  -  -  Rangoon,  British  Burma. 

The  sixth  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  Bnlkle.v,  was  born  in  Upper  Alton,  111.,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865.  She  entered  Shurtleff  College  at  an  early  age,  exhibited  apti- 
tude for  learning  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1S83,  before  she  was  1^ 
3'ears  old.  She  also  became  quite  prolicient  in  music.  After  graduation  slie 
engaged  in  teaching;  at  Almira  College.  Greenville,  111.,  one  year-,  and  at 
Shuvtleff  College  two  years. 

On  August  16,  1887,  she  was  married  to  Edgar  B.  Roach  in  Upper  Alton, 
and  they  immediately  sailed  for  Rangoon,  Burma,  under  appointment  as  mis- 
sionaries of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union.  Mr.  Roach  is  professor 
'in  the  Rangoon  Baptist  College.  They  are  both  very  earnest,  happy  and  suc- 
cessful in  their  Avork.    Two  little  boys  till  their  iiome  with  sunshine  and  joy. 

REV.  ARTHUR  A.  CAMBRIDGE.  -  -  West  Medford,  Mass. 

JOHN   COLUMBUS  CARXER.  .  -  -  .  -         McLeauslwro. 

Dealer  in  monumeuts  and  headstones. 

HON.  JOHN  H.  DUNCAN.  ------  Marion. 

Son  of  Capt.  Samuel  Duncan;  was  born  in  Benton,  Ky..  June  27,  1S.j8.  In 
the  spring  of  1865  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  where  he  worked 
on  a  farm  and  attended  the  public  schools  until  his  eighteenth  year,  when  he 
attended  Shurtletf  College  for  a  period  of  two  years.  He  was  chosen  princi- 
pal of  the  Cai'terville  (HI.)  public  schools,  serving  in  that  capacity  for  four 
years.  In  18S2  he  was  elected  County  Superintendent  of  Williamson  County, 
and  re-elected  in  1886  by  a  greatly  increased  majority.  While  acting  as 
County  Superintendent  lie  estal)lished  and  edited  "Our  Public  Schools,"  a  local 
educational  journal,  and  also  assisted  in  establisliing  and  editing  the 
"Leader,"  the  Republican  organ  of  tlie  county. 

In  1890  iNlr.  Duncan  was  elected  to  tlie  State  Legislature  as  a  Representa- 

•    live  of  the  Fifty-first  District,  and  re-elected  in  18U2  without  opposition.    At 

the  clos*»  of  his  second  term  ho  accep'ted  a  position  as  traveling  salesman  for 

Simmons  Hard.ware  Co.,  which  position  he  still  holds.    He  is  also  interested 

in  a  retail  hardware  and  furniture  store  at  Marion. 

In  1883  ^Nlr.  Duncan  was  niarricd  to  Mis.-'.  Mary  M.  Spiller,  of  Marion,  111. 
TJiey  have  a  daughter,  Bosa.  of  ihirteen  summers.  Mr.  Duncan  is  an  ardent 
Republican,  an  active  worker  in  the  Christian  Cliurcli  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity. 

EDWARD  W.  FEN'ITY,  M.  D. Kane. 

JOEL  J.  FOULON,  A.  B.,  M.  I).  -  -  -  -  French  Village 

Was  born  at  Highland.  111.,  January  .").  1862.  He  entered  ShurtlefC  College 
in  1877,  graduating  from  the  classical  course  in  1882.  and  afterward  from 
the  Missouri  Medical  College,  St.  Louis.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  Beav- 
er Creek,  111.,  for  two  years,  removing  in  1889  to  French  Village,  where  he 

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l);is  sim-c  cuiu  iiuii'd  i)r;icl  ifiii.u-.     He  w.is  in.iirifd   April    I.   IW'''.   to  Miss  Kli/,;i- 
bclli   M.   Mills,  nf   i;,;i\(  r  Clrrk.    111. 

ZKrilAMAll   S*1I.AS   l(»l   !.(».\.  A.   11..   M.   1  >.  -  Frt'iicli   Vill.i-.-. 

Twill  liioilifi-  111'  .lipcl  ,1.;  ciiiri'cd  SliiirilflV  <'()lici:c  :il  llu-  s;mif  linn-  ;is  the 
laiti'i".  i'i;iili'aliii.i;  ill  till'  saiiii-  class,  mid  ;ilsu  ;:i-adiiatiii;:  fi-'i;ii  iln'  -li.-siiu'i 
^ledit'a)  College  at  the  same  lime.  At'ler  practicing;  medicine  at  Highland, 
HI..  :ur  two  u'ars.  lie  removed  to  French  \illage,  where  he  l.;i-;  .-since  been  iii 
partnership  wilh  his  lu-.dlier.  He  was  married  at  Woodluini.  111..  March  'S2. 
J.SSS.  to  :Miss  Aiiiiic  M.  lleafy. 

FANMK  F.  (JILFHA.M-I'IFIJCK.   IMi.   W.  -  Epwiirtli.  White  Co. 

Alter  gradiiatiiig  rrom  ShurtlclT  Cnllege  willi   tlir  class  ol"  ISS-J.   Miss  <;ill- 

tijim  sjHMit   three  ye;ir.N  lu  .eaching  ar   Wanda.   III.,  in  tlie  public  sclmcils,  hik! 

(ine  year  tcacliiiiu'  .i   |iri\a'e  scIkhiI.     In  September,    iSSCi,  slie   was  ni;irricd   lu 

Rev.  U.  Kdw.  I'lcrce.  ,i  iiiiiiisler  of  the  .Methodist  Episeoi)al  Clmrili. 

(JKOllOK    11.    II.MIKISO.N.  ......  Hcrriii. 

Farmer. 

.irJ;St).\  IIOISF.  -  ....  i{„x   Kici.   Kiverside.  Cal. 

D.VXIFL  .M.  Krri'l.\i;i;U.  ......  l|.i'cr  Alton. 

.Merchant. 

(;p:OI{(;E  W.  MeKEK.  -.-...  (Jnodwiii.   S.   1» 

SA.MI'FL  ALKF.N   FiMn;  I  .\"  E.  -  Imiuir.  .\ag.i   Hills.  .\ss;mi.   India. 

Was  born  near  (ireensbnrg.  Ind..  February  1!».  Is.V.t.  At  ilir  age  of  seven 
he  removi'U  to  Centralia,  111.,  with  his  parents.  Sinin  after  his  cdnversidii  .-ii 
rlie  ago  of  17.  he  entered  Shnrtlefi'  College  with  tlu'  n\inistry  in  view,  rem.iin 
iiig  three  y:'ars.  :ind  .afterward  .iir.idiiating  from  the  Cliic.iga  Inlveisiiy  in 
lS,>'..'i.  In  bv>'".»  Jie  ciiiiipleteil  the  I heohigiiM  1  ciiiirse  ;i i  .Morgan  I';irk  Scmin.-iry. 
lie  sn)tpoited  liimself  while  seeiiiing  his  ediic.itidn. 

In  18S1)  he  aeeei>;ed  iiie  pastorate  of  the  l^'irsl  l'..iplisi  Church.  .M.irshall- 
town.  la.,  and  A])ril  1.  is'.ij.  resigned  to  enter  the  foreign  mission  held.  lb- 
was  married  .Tune  '.».  issi,  to  .Miss  Kosie  Eandt.  (►f  DavenpcuM,  la.  They 
sailed  for  Assam.  Indi.i.  September  liS,  1S!I2,  bound  for  Molung,  a  station 
among  the  Xa.ga  Hills.  .\fter  laboring  the:*-  for  two  years  they  opened  up 
the  ii(>w  si.-itiou  ol'  Iiiipiir.  larliier  u|i  in  iiie  Hills,  where  they  arc  pn-secuiing 
the  work  with  great  vigoi-  and  success. 

•;•.TA^!ES    .1.    rrtl.M.M.  .....  (I'lneUneyvillci 

LEWIS    .\r.    KII.EV.  .....  Kingnijiii.    Kan. 

iJOHX    FITZ    KOP.EKPS.  i.Vshl.iiid,     .Neb.i 

CEOKtH':  K.  'PFCKIOK.  .....  llor.ice.  l-:d-.ir  Co. 

(Jrain  deali-r. 

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WILL.  F.  WALKER,  IMi.  B.  -  -  -        GlSf,  Lrxington  /we..  Chica.iiiu. 

After  a  short  time  si](Mit  in  study  at  Shtirtleff  Oolleg-e  lie  removed  to 
Algona,  Li..  where  h:^  studied  for  two  years  and  tlieu  entered  the  State  T'ni- 
versity  at  Iowa  City,  graduating  in  1SS4  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Philosophy.  Seven  years  Avere  spent  in  traveling  over  an  extensive  territory 
in  the  interests  of  a  wholesale  house,  prior  to  locating  in  Chicago,  where  he 
is  now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hays  &  Wallcer.  engaged  in  tlie  Imsincss  ot 
making  real  estate  loans  and  investments. 

Mr.  Walker  was  married  in  1S92  to  Miss  May  Colbiirn,  of  Algona.  Li. 
They  have  a  daughier  about  two  years  old. 

WILLIAM  PKiANCIS  WIEMEIIS,  A.  M.,  LL.  B.       -        4G  Columbia  St..  Cliicago. 

Suite  030  Chicago  Opera  House  Bldg. 

Was  born  February  14,  1857.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  of  German  parentage.  His 
boyhood  and  youth  were  spent  on  a  farm  near  Bethalto,  111.  At  tlie  age  of 
18  he  became  ;i  teacher  in  one  of  the  public  schools  of  Madison  Co..  and  so 
continued  until  20  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  S'hurtleff  Coll(\ge.  pursuing 
the  classical  course  and  graduating  in  1882.  He  immediately  went  to  Chicago 
to  study  jurisprudence,  and  in  1884  was  graduated  from  the  Union  College 
of  Law.  now  the  Law  Department  of  the  Northwestern  University.  In  Ihe 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in 
Chicago,  where  he  has  iM>en  l)usily  engaged  in  liis  profession  ever  since. 

Mr.  Wiemers  was  married  Se]>tember  11,  1889,  to  Miss"  Clara  B.  ICenison. 
of  Chicago.  In  18!);_{  the  Circuit  Court  of  Cook  C'ounty  appointed  him  j>Iaster 
in  Chancery  of  said  court,  which  position  he  stiP  holds.  He  received  the  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts  from  his  Alma  Mater  in  1897.  .Mr.  AYiemers  is  a  thir- 
ty-second degree  Mason,  and  a  member  of  numerous  Chicago  club.s  and 
societies,  among  others  flie  Marciuette  and  Hamilton  Clubs. 

1878-79. 

REV.  HENRY  STILLS  BLACK,  B.  D.  -  -  -  AVallaco.  Idaho. 

Converted  at  the  .ige  of  20,  he  entered  Shurtleff  College  in  September.  1878, 
graduating  from  the  Theological  Department  in  1880.  and  being  ordained  the 
same  year.  He  was  married  .June  8,  1880,  to  Miss  Clara  Violet  Stockbridge, 
<)f  Pana.  111.  After  successful  pastorates  at  Pana  and  Carlinville,  111.,  he  be- 
came Financial  Secretary  of  tlie  Illinois  Baptist  Education  Society,  retaining 
this  position  for  one  year.  .Inly  1.  189;!,  he  took  charge  of  the  Baptist  Church 
at  Kewanee,  111.,  removing  three  years  later  to  Wallace,  Idaho,  where  he  is 
doing  good  v\-ork  as  ])asfor  of  the  Baptist  Churcli.  Vice-President  of  the  State 
Convention  (Eastern  Waslungton  and  Northern  Idaho)  and  President  of  the 
State  B.  Y.  P.  U. 

EDWIN  L.   CHAPm.  ......  Springfield. 

Attorney-at-law. 

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GEORGIA   n.AUK-rAItTY. .7iili;i.tt.i.    I.lalio 

AftiT  spciidinj,'  s('V(>r:il  .vo;irs  in  study  ;it  SlnirtlffT  CoIIcki'.  Miss  Clark  at- 
TeiuU'd  Alinira  Collt'po.  rirccnvillc.  III..  wIutc  siic  was  valcdictttriaii  (»f  tin- 
olass  (if  ISS:^.  Slit>  nitcrward  taiiLrht  fdi-  srvcral  yi'.irs  in  tlic  pulilic  sclmols 
of  Missouri.  In  lyS.")  slu^  iii.iiri«-d  .Mr.  H.  .1.  ("any.  uf  S;ilcm.  Md..  .-.iid  in  l.V.iT 
tlioy  rcniovod  to  Jiiliaclia.  Idaiiu.  tlirii   pn>s»'iit  Ikhih'. 

♦SYLVKSTEU  S;.  (^U'/AX.  (GripKsv)ll.-.)     I>i.'d   in   Nrw   .M.-xico. 

•S.   M.   DAVIS. DoiMviral.    Ta..   in   18<)1. 

ED.MO.XD   DILT.ARI).    M.   D.  -  -  -  ...  Litclili.'ld. 

<tROr,EKT   r.   nrXCAX. ..M(.w.a(|iia.i 

RERTIIA   WHTTXEY   EER(n:SON.  A.   R.  .  .  .  .  Alton. 

(Graduated  frnni  the  classical  courst>  at  Shurtlcff  ColU-frc  in  ls,si,',  with  the 
hi.chost  honors  of  her  class,  and  siuco  that  time  has  hoon  engaged  in  tcachinj? 
at  .Vltim. 

NETTIE   I'OKWOODKEI.EAM.  .  .  .  .  .         I^oatricc.   X<d). 

tCIIARLES   E.  <;iI.r.HAM.  ......  iWanda.i 

tW.   HENRY   IIAXD.  ......  (Crcnficld.) 

ALEXANDER  II.  HAVEN.  -      211>()  X.  Twcnty-si.\th  St.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

After  two  years  of  study  iu  Shurtleff  Collope,  lie  began  to  learn  a  trade, 
J»ut  finally  abandoned  this  and  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army.  His  army 
experience  extended  almost  continuously  from  May.  1881,  to  the  latter  jiart 
of  isn4,  Avhen  he  ceased  the  life  of  a  soldier. 

Mr.  Haveu  was  converted  in  July,  1SH2.  after  siieudiuK  tlic  trn>;itcr  p;irt  of 
two  nights  in  T'l'iytr  '^"cl  struggle.  He  had  previously  been  ;in  avcAved  in- 
fidel, but  Ood  in  His  wouderful  mercy  opened  his  eyes  and  Iirouglit  him  l'> 
the  li.ght.  Aft(>r  his  conversion  he  labored  t>arncstly  am!  unceasingly  for  the 
conversion  of  liis  comrades,  and  since  leaving  the  army  has  been  eug.aged  in 
Christian  work  as  he  found  opportunity. 

Mr.  Haven  was  married  in  1804  to  Miss  Julia  E.  Noyes,  who  was  preparing; 
herself  for  foreign  missionary  service.  They  have  recently  been  holding 
themselves  in  readiness  to  go  under  ilie  auspices  of  the  Christian  and  Mis- 
sionary .\llianc(>  to  work  among  the  hidi.-nis  in  tl)e  central  portion  of  .^oiith 
Americ;i. 

HON.  .lAMES   \V.   Kli'/MIELER.  Ntedora 

H9AAC   S.    McCOl.I.IM.  -  (S.-ottsville.) 

REV.  KIN(;MAX   X.  MORUILL.  Rurlinglon,   Wis 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  College  he     atlcnded   Eastman     Rusiness     t'olh'ge. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  from  whicii  he  gr;idu:ite(l   in   iss."..       Eor  foitr  years  he 

was  employed  as  a  booklceeper,  and  then  entered  the  R.aptist  rninn  Theologl 

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cal  Seminary  at  Morfjan  Park.  111.,  ^jjrailuatliij;  with  the  class  of  1892.  His 
first  pastorate  was  at  TTausaii,  Wis.,  where  he  was  ordained  September  29, 
1S92.  Since  July  1,  ISO."),  he  has  been  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Bur- 
lington, Wis.,  where  he  w"as  married  October  27,  1897. 

tWILLARD  P.  SEARS. (Upper  Alton.1 

tG.  W.  VAUGHAN.  .           .            .           .                      .              (Gladesville.   Va.) 

tROBERT  S.  WADE. (Quincy.) 

LEWIS  D.  WATERS. Prove  City,  Utah, 

1879-80. 

FANNIE  I.  ALLEN.  -  -  -  -        33r5  Auditorium,  Spokane,  Wash. 

AVas  born  at  Alton,  111.,  April  28,  18(31.  She  acquired  her  early  education 
in  the  public*  schools  of  that  ciTy.  iiraduating  from  the  High  School  in  187(3, 
at  the  age  of  1.5  years.  Tlie  first  year  thereafter  was  "spent  in  the  study  of 
music  and  afterward  she  took  a  special  course  preparatory  to  teaching.  In  1879 
Miss  Allen  entered  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Shurtleff  College,  remain- 
ing for  one  year  and  subsequently  teaching  for  five  years  in  tho  Alton  schools. 

She  was  converted  at  the  age  of  12.  uniting  wicli  the  Cumberland  Presby- 
terian Church  and  taking  a  class  in  the  Sunday  School,  but  after  careful 
study  of  the  subject  of  baptism  joined  the  Baptists  in  1885.  That  same  year 
she  left  Alton  and  went  to  Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  where  her  brother-in-law, 
Rer.  .1.  H.  Eeaven.  of  the  class  of  1884.  was  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church. 
During  five  years  spent  at  this  point  slie  engaged  quite  extensively  in  church 
work,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  began  the  cour.se  in  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Training  School  of  Chicago.  She  graduated  in  1892.  and  in  the  same  year 
was  appointed  by  the  Woman's  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  as  general 
missionary  for  Washington  and  Northern  Idaho,  with  headquarters  at 
Spokane.  Her  work  among  the  women  and  children  on  that  held  has  been 
very  successful,  particularly  in  the  First  Cliurch  of  S]>okan-^-,  of  which  she 
is  a  member. 

In  .Tune,  1895,  Miss  .Allen  accepted  the  position,  under  the  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society,  of  superintendent  of  the  Chinese  Baptist  Mission 
at  Spokane;  this  in  connection  witli  lier  work  as  general  missionary  for 
Eastern  AA'ashingfon  and  Northern  Idaho,  giving  up  the  work  in  AA'estern 
Washington.  She  is  a  consecrated  Christian  woman,  and  her  years  of  train- 
ing, especially  along  religious  lines,  iiave  admirnbly  fitted  her  for  usefulness 
in  her  chosen  field. 

MIDDY  E.    BARTLETT-PACE. Upper  Alton. 

Daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  .lane  Bartlett;  was  born  near  AVorden, 
Ma(tison  Co..  111.,  .Tanuary  22,  18(31.    Ent(M-ing  Shurtleff  College  in  1879,  she 

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pursuod  tlio  classical  cnnrso  for  nearly  IliriM'  years.      Slie  very  iimdi  ajii'iT 
fiati'd  and  onjuycil  the  privile;.M's:  iif  the  ('(ilh';;e  ami  her  literary  suciety. 

Pu-  si'veral  yeai's  Miss  I'.arlleli  sin  ces^l'iilly  citiiiiiiiled  a  inilliiiery  stdi'e  In 
rppei  Altdii.  .May  12.  i.'-1>r>,  she  w.is  marrieil  to  \'v,'i.  .1.  D.  I*n<e.  wiio  tatiy:hl 
at  Slmrlh'tT  CidliLre.  issiii-'.n.  'i'iiey  ii.ne  a  liiilr  d.-iiiuiiier.  Inez,  altmii  :i 
year  (dd. 

IJKV.  .lOSKIMI   lii:M{V  IU:.\\i:.\.  .\.    "...  r..   n.  ...         .Men.h.la. 

Was  Itdi'n  in  Ldmldii.  I'jiiii.iiid.  .\nuiisi  i'.  I.s.'i.s.  \\"lieM  alioni  14  ye.ars  of 
aire  ))•>  eanie  as  an  iminiirvant  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.  lie  was  converted  in 
Southwest  Oregon  at  tlie  ape  of  IS.  and  decided  to  devote  liis  life  to  the  niin- 
i.stry.  Thron.ffh  the  inrtiience  <d'  former  sludonts  of  Shnrtlefl"  Collofie,  he  was 
persuaded  to  attend  that  Institution.  Arrivinj;  at  Tpper  Alton  in  January, 
18S'>.  front  rortland.  Ore.,  tlie  llrsi  ])erson  he  met  in  the  dormitory  was  a  new- 
student  just  froiu  Portland.  .Me.  lie  preached  regularly  while  purstiiuK  his 
colIe<:e  work,  praduatins  with  the  class  of  1S84  and  suhsequi'iitly  receivius: 
the  deprree'  of  A.  M.     In  l.SSt!  he  completed  the  theological  course. 

7.ir.  Be.aven  w.is  married  Apr*!  27.  ISSCi.  to  .Miss  Minnie  M.  Allen,  of  Alton. 
III.  He  lieuan  his  pastor;il  labors  in  Eastern  Wasninpton,  and  did  k<">'1 
service  for  the  Master  in  Walla  Walla  and  Spokane  until  ISDii.  when  he  re- 
turned to  Illinois  anil  Has  since  been  i)astor  at  Metidota,  wlitu'e  he  is  very  sui-- 
eessful.  riis  work  in  ^^'as)lin,l;ton  w;is  that  of  a  luoneer.  .atid  In*  was  larjudy 
iiistrumi'iil;il  in  the  i>r.u;ini/alion  of  the   llaplist  ("oiiveiilioii  of  iji.-ii   Suite. 

A.   MAY  KLACK-CLAYTOX \\>\h'V  Alton. 

M"lss  Black  was  born  in  Canton,  Fulton  Co..  111.,  and  at  an  early  a;;e  rj^ 
moved  to  Madison  County  with  her  parents,  settlini.'  in  riii>cr  Alton  in  August, 
1879,  and  attenditiji-  Shurtl(>ff  Collese  for  one  year.  On  April  127.  1SS12,  she' 
was  married  to  Mr.  Wm.  II.  Clayton,  of  I'pper  Alton,  where  she  has  since 
resided. 

CHARLOTTE  HI'UTOX.  Cpper  Altoa 

YJOSEPH  BUTTERWORTH.  .  .  .  .  .  (Warren.  U.  I. • 

EVA.X    II.    CASEY. Ewini;. 

AXXELEA   COXOVER-ROOl).  ...  -  Avon   Park.   Fla. 

After  leavinj:  ShurlletT  Colleire  Miss  Conover  studied  art   in   Xorthw(>stern 

Pniversity,  Evanston.   111.,  ar  the  Philadelphia   .\ri   School  ;inil  .-ilso   the  Yale 

Art  School.     She  was  married   .at   Chautauqua    I.;ike.    X.    Y..    .Ku'^usi    :J7.    iss.",. 

to  :Cev.    Fr.-iiicis   O.   Rood,   of  the  class  of   ISSl.   a   Con.Lrre;:atii)ual   cler;:ymap. 

Tliey  have  since  resided  in   I'jiulcw  oixl.  III.,  .iiid  more  recently  in  .\vnn   I'aik. 

Fla. 
lIAHOrX  W.  DAVIS.  St.  .losepli.   Mich. 

TIIO.MAS   DOOFINi;.  .......  Alton. 

Merchant. 


MAKt  F.  FOLEY  .......  Macomb. 

N.  LEE  FOLEY.             ..--.-..         Macomb. 
tW.  A.  FOLEY. (Littleton.) 

COLUMBUS  ELZA  FREEMAN.  .....         Topeka,  Kan. 

Was  born  near  Ashley,  111.,  September  21,  I808.  At  the  age  of  20  he  en- 
tered Ewing  College,  where  he  remained  a  year  and  then  spent  two  years 
and  one  term  at  Shurtleff.  The  following  three  years  he  was  engaged  iu 
school  teaching  and  studying  law  in  the  office  of  A.  H.  Carter  at  Ashley,  111. 

In  January,  1SS5,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  ot 
Illinois,  and  soon  afterward  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Beloit.  Kan.  Iu 
1892  he  removed  to  Topeka,  where  he  is  engaged  ,in  building  up  an  extensive 
commercial  law  practice  iu  Kansas  and  adjoining  States. 

Mr.  Freeman  is  a  man  of  strong  literary  tastes,  being  a  great  reader.  He 
is  a  bachelor  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

ENOCH  .TOHNSON.  A.  B.  -  -  636-8  Endicott  Bldg..  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Was  born  in  Moline.  II!.,  February  22,  1860.  Entering  Shurtleff  College  in 
1879,  he  was  graduated  in  .T\ine.  1883.  He  afterward  taught  school  for  a 
year  at  Marcus.  la.,  and  then  studied  law  in  the  Law  Department  of  Wash- 
ington University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  practiced  his  profession  in  that  city 
until  1887.  when  he  removed  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  becomilig  associate  editor  of 
West  Publishing  Company's  law  publication.s.  A  year  later  he  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  St.  Paul,  which  he  has  continued  there  ever  since.  From 
1892  until  1894  Mr.  .lohuson  was  City  .Justice  of  St.  Paul. 

'     CHARLES  W.  KEISER.  -  -  -  817  Fannin  St.,  Shreveport.  La. 

*NEAV'.|'ON  JUDSON  McCORMICK.  .  -  -  .  .  Raritan. 

Was  born  September  I'k  1855,  near  Kirkwood,  111.  His  early  education 
was  received  in  the  country  schools.  After  teaching  for  several  terms  he 
entered  Shurtleff  College  in  1879.  remaining  until  February,  1881,  wlien  he 
was  called  home  by  the  death  of  his  mother,  and  did  not  return.  In  1883  he 
became  principal  of  the  public  schools  at  Raritan.  111.,  and  also  entered  into 
newspaper  work  with  F.  M.  Bonham.  establishing  the  "Raritan  Bulletin."  In 
3884  he  removed  to  Little  York.  111.,  and  established  the  "Ensign."  He  be- 
came editor  of  tlie  "Warren  Coanly  Democrat"  at  ^lonmouth,  111.,  in  1889, 
but  in  a  few  years  failing  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  this  work  and  he 
went  North  to  recuperate,  spending  nearly  two  years  among  the  lakes.  He 
died  at  Raritan,  May  3.  1895. 

Mr.  McCormick  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  Maynard.  of  Raritan,  111., 
February  25.  1892.  While  he  resided  at  Monmouth  he  was  superintendent  of 
tlie  Sunday  School  in  the  First  Baptist  Churcli. 

JOHN  HOWARD  MERRIAM,  A.  B.,   LL.  B.  -  Pasadena.   Cal. 

Was  born  in  1801,  working  on  a  farm  during  his  boyhood  and  afterAvard 

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in  a  store.  He  attended  Shurtloff  Collejie  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1S84, 
then  taught  school  for  a'.Vc.n-  at  lifs  noiiic  in  Lan;irk.  111.  After  studyiug  law 
•in  Oswego,  K;iii..  for  two  years  he  hecjiine  clerk  in  the  AiiJuiMiit  (letieral's 
otfiee,  AVar  I  (eparliiu'iit,  Wasliiiiginn.  I  >.  C.  I[e  re<i.uiieil  iliis  elerUsliiji  In 
ISOO  and  reiiiovod  to  I'asedeiia.  Cal. 

While  ill  Washington  .Mr.  .Merii.iin  \\;is  married  to  .Miss  Liii;i  !?.  .Morgan, 
and  in  addition  to  liis  duties  in  the  W.ii-  I  >i'|iartnient  <  oinpleted  tlie  law  course 
at  Columbian  Vniversity.  His  lirsi  two  yi'.irs  in  ("aUt'nrnia  were  spent  in 
seeking  health,  and  livi>  more  serving  as  .Insiice  of  ilie  l*e;ice.  at  the  same 
time  practicing  law  to  some  extent  in  tlie  liigher  courts.  .Mrs.  Merriam  died 
in  the  fall  of  IS'.Mi.  le.-iving  a  son  now  live  years  of  age. 

IIK\.  K.  EDWAKh  I'IKllCi:.  A.   I'..  Kl.w.irlii.  \\liit<-  Co. 

UraduatiMl  in  ilie  scientific  course  at  llie  Soutliei-n  Illinois  .Normal  I'liiver- 
sity,  Carbondale.  with  the  class  of  LSTS.  After  a  year  of  school  teaching  in 
White  County  and  one  year's  attendance  at  Shurtleff  College,  he  gr.iduatetl 
from  the  classical  course  at  McKeiidree  in  IS.Si'. 

Kcv.  Pierce  was  stationed  one  year  each  at  <;r;ifton  and  St.  Illmo  l>y  ihe 
Southern  Illinois  Conference  of  tlie  MciIhmIIsi  i;i>is(iiiial  Clnu'cli.  I'lntereH 
(.iarreti  Biblical  Institute  at  Hvansion.  III.,  in  tlie  fall  of  1>M  :ind  gr,i(lii:it- 
ed  in  1S87.  In  S<>pteinber,  L'^Sd.  he  was  m.-irried  to  Miss  I',innie  l'\  ( ;illli,in!. 
of  Wanda.  III.  After  his  coui'se  at  t!ie(;:irreM  Insiituii-.  .Mr.  I'icrce  spent  iwn 
yc.-.rs  preacliing  in  Ihe  Sipulhern  llliimis  ( 'unrcrencc,  .mihI  ilicn  renin\cd  wi'h 
his  wife  to  .New  Mexico,  where  they  were  engaged  in  missionary  work  for 
three  years.  Since  returning  to  lllinnis  .\Ii-.  I'ierce  has  occujtied  pastorates  at 
.Mt.  C;irmel.  (Jr.iyville  .-nid   i'^pwcMi  li.  ilie  l:isi  being  his  i)i-esent  ch;irgi'. 

WILLIAM    II.    I'lLKCH.  .  .  .  .  IM,ino.    Keiwhill   Co. 

lltOF.  KDCAK  HKllxiL.MAN  lULVCII.  A.  .\I.  -  U.iiigoon.  British  Burma 
After  his  graduation  at  Sliurtlelf  College  with  the  class  of  S4  he  was  In- 
structor in  .M;ithenialics  in  the  Institution  for  a  year.  I'l-om  l.s,s,"»  to  IS'.lii  h'- 
was  rresideut  of  Rangoon  B.i])tlst  College.  Kangoon.  r.urm.i.  lie  then  spent 
a  year  in  Americji,  and  im  liis  reiiiin  to  Burma  became  Superintendent  <d'  the 
Baptist  Mission  Press  at  Kangoon,  which  position  he  occupieil  until  l.S'.t."(. 
Another  year  was  then  spent  in  the  United  States.  He  sailed  baik  to  Hurnia 
In  March.  ISDO.  and  has  since  lieen  devoting  himself  with  rfuiewed  zeal  to  his 
missionary  work. 

Mr.  Koach  Avas  married  on  August  K!,  1S87,  to  Miss  Bertha  Bulkley,  ilauirh 
ter  of  Dr.  J.  Bulkley.  of  T'pper  Alton.  They  have  two  siuis.  Cod  is  blcssiAg 
fhem  in  their  work. 

FKED  S.  ROBINSON.  Brooklyn,   la. 

A  native  of  Maine;  comiileted   the  pi-ep;ir:itory  course  jit   SliurtlefT  Collegi- 

In  ISSO,  and  subsequently     graduated     from  ("olmrn     Classical     Institute  a\ 

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Waterville.  Me.      He  also  took  a  special     course  in  Colby     University  in  the 
same  city. 

'Sir.  llobinson  has  been  superintendent  of  various  public  schools  in  Iowa 
for  the  past  twelve  years.  Al)out  halt  of  this  time  he  has  spent  in  Brooklyn, 
la.,  his  present  location.  In  addition  to  being  superintendent  of  schools  in 
that  city,  he  is  principal  owner  of  llie  "Brooklyn  Chx'onicle,"  the  ollicial  Ke- 
publicnii  organ  of  the  county,  with  a  tine  plant  and  large  circulation. 

Mr.  Kobinson  has  quite  a  reputatioii  as  an  educator,  editorial  writer  and 
political  .speaker. 
JAMEiS  IRWIN  TAYLOR.  .--...  Brighton. 

Was  born  on  his  father's  plantation  near  Colnniluts.  Miss..  August  80,  18G0. 
Both  his  parents  died  of  yellow  fever  in  Shrevf^port,  I.a.,  in  1S7?>,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  went  to  Nebraska  to  work  for  an  uncle  who  was  a  cattle 
dealer.  In  1877  youn,^  Taylor  drifted  to  Sutton,  Neb.,  where  two  years  were 
spent  in  farm  work  nnd  attending  school.  In  1879  ho  was  urged  by  Benja- 
min Garr,  a  Shurtleff  TToy  of  Sutton,  to  attend  this  Instittttion.  He  arrived 
in  Upper  Alton  poor  in  purse,  but  ricli  in  ])luck,  lived  with  "Grandma  Atkins,' 
swept  recitation  rooms,  and  sawed  wood— literally  and  figuratively.  When 
about  half  through  his  college  course  lie  left  Sliurtlefl"  and  in  1880  began 
teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Illinois. 

Ill  1887  Mr.  Taylor  was  married  to  a  former  Shurtlefbte.  ^Miss  H.  A.  INlor- 
ton,  of  Shipman.  111.  They  have  three  childreri.  For  nine  years  he  continued 
to  teach  in  Illinois,  in  18!)'-'  obtaining  by  examination  a  State  Teachers'  Cer- 
tificate. In  1805  his  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  school  room  work,  and 
he  lias  since  been  a  piano  tuner,  devoting  much  time  to  music  and  having 
published  a  number  of  his  ■own  compositions. 
HARRY  A.  WOOD.  .......  Ro.semond. 

1880-81. 

JESSE  A.  CHEISEBRO.  ......  Taylorville. 

MAMIE  AMELIA  CONGDON-BARBER.  -        -        Corwith.   Hancock  Co.,  la. 

tEDWARD  HANSON  CONNOR.  ......  (Alton.) 

IROLLIE  MINNIE  COOPER,  Ph.  B.  -  -  -  -  (Upper  Alton.) 

tGARRETT  H.  CRUZAN.  ......  (Griggsvllle.) 

tOREY  CULTER. -  -  (El  Paso,  Kan.) 

HORACE    M.    CULTER.  ......  El    Paso,    Kan. 

Druggist. 
JOHN  RILEY  GORDON.  -  -  -  -  Riggs,  Boone  Co.,  Mo. 

Farmer. 
DANIEL  B.  KiTTINGER.  .....  Upper  AUon. 

Merchant. 

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REV.  KHWAUn  CILES  KNKIHT.  A.  M.  ir.ir.  N.  iL'tli  SI.,  riiil;i.l.-lplii:i.  1';^ 

Was  horn  in  Salt'in.  N.  .1.,  Octolicr  4.  ]S(;4.  lOnlcrcd  Slmiilffl'  ('ullf;:c  in 
ISSO  and  was  iriailnattMl  in  lss<;  with  tlic  (lt>;,'r('f'  oC  liacliclor  uf  Arts.  lu 
SepTonilTiM-  of  tiic  saini>  year  h*'  cntt'it'il  CroztT  Hapti.^t  TJieolof^ical  Seminary. 
Choster.  I*a..  ooniith'tinu'  I'lic  caursc  in  ISSil.  In  lV)irnary.  I.S'.kX  ho  was  failed 
to  the  pasforaie  of  tiie  ."sorth  Kaplist  ("linreli,  riiiladoljilila,  I'a..  and  wot 
oriTainod  to  flie  niinisiiv.  After  two  ami  om-lialt'  years  witli  this  cliure-li  uc 
resigned. 

Iv  Soptembor.  1S02.  lie  was  conlirmed  and  l)ecaine  a  fominnnicaut  of  tbp 
I'rotestant  Kpiscopai  Cliureli,  and  assisted  tlie  Rev.  Win.  M.  .lefferis,  I).  I)., 
now  tlio  veiieralile  arduloacon  of  Texas,  in  the  estaldishment  of  the  (Jhnrch 
of  the  Holy  Comninnidn.  Tacoma,  Wasli.  In  .March,  IS'.i;'),  he  was  ordained 
to  the  deaeonate  of  lin'  Protestant  Episeopal  Chnreh  hy  Die  Ut.  Key.  .lohn' 
Adams  Paddock,  I>.  I>..  Hishop  nf  Washin.irton.  Ut'tnrninj:  to  Piiiladelplna. 
ho  Spent  a  year  in  special  stndy  .•iml  in  .Tnne.  IS'.M,  was  ordained  to  the  priest- 
hood of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  hy  lU.  liev.  Ozi  W.  A\'hit;iUer.  D.  I).. 
Rishop  of  Pennsylvania,  ami  was  c.illed  to  tlie  rertor.-ite  (if  the  St.  J<ihn'!* 
Cluirch,  Philadelphia.  After  eighteen  months  with  this  church  he  resigned, 
flud  is  now  rector  of  ts"t.  Thomas'  Chnreh,  one  of  the  <ddest  in  Phihidelphia. 

In  181K5  Mr.  Knight  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian  May  Siitcli,  daughter  of 
Daniel  K.  Sntch,  a  leading  hiisiness  man  of  Pliiladeli>liia. 

GEORtiE   FRAXKLIX   MOODY.  ....  P.eilford.   In. 

GEORGE  PEPPERDIXE.  Si.ringfield.   Mo. 

Attorney-at-law. 

CHARLES  HERBERT  POPE. Herrln. 

l-jfrner. 
tMATTIIEW  L.  QIIXX.  .....  (Carllnville., 

tMARY  D.  REILEY.  ....  (Tppor  Alton.) 

VICTOR  SEWARD.  W.irdiier,    Idalio. 

Bookkeei)er  tor  the  Stemwinder  .Mining  and  .Milling  Comp.iny. 

KATHERIXE  A.  SPBXCE-DP  KOCIIER.  -  -  De  Soto,  Mo. 

EMMA  STARKWEATIIER-.MEACI11:R.        -         4'.U  Washington  Pdvd..  Chicago. 

tGEORGE  HARDWICKE  WATERS.  ....  (Carlinville.t 

1881-82. 

RHODA   RARTLETT.  .....  Tpper   Alton. 

School  teacher. 
WILLIAM  K.  BRAXCII,  .M.  D.  .''.Sod  Delmar  Ave..  Si.   I.oiiis.   .Mo. 

♦WILLIAM  EDGAR  COFIHCE.  Lit)erty,  Xet..,  .laim.iry  0,  ISSO. 

tHETTIE  M.VY  EXGLlSH-i ;  .\TES.  ....  (Pi. per  Alton.; 

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LILLIAN  FULLAGAR.  -  -  -  -  7  S.  Peoria  St.,  Chicago. 

Has  been  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Chicago  since  1885.  She  is  now 
in  charge  of  the  eighth  grade  of  the  .7ohn  M.  Smith  School. 

t JAMES  E.  GATES.  --------  (Yirden.) 

tOKA   Z.    aiLWORTFI.         -  - ( Jersey ville.) 

♦CHARLES  CHILTON  HALL.  Ph.  B.,  M.  D.  -  -  -  -  Virden. 

Was  born  February  27,  1868.  After  graduation  at  Shurtleff  in  rlie  class  of 
188(3,  he  pursued  the  course  at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  graduating  in 
189^  with  first  nonors  in  a  class  of  3  70.  He  had  just  settled  In  Chicago  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  when  he  was  seized  Avith  a  severe 
attack  of  la  grippe,  which  developed  into  typhoid  pneumonia  and  caused  hi.s 
death  January  24.  1892,  when  all  seemed  full  of  promise  for  his  future  use- 
fulness. 

Mr.  Hall  was  an  Instructor  in  the  Preparatory  Department  for  one  year 
following  his  graduation  from  ShurtJeft'  College.  He  was  a  conscientious, 
noble-minded  man.  and  was  very  highly  esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  friends 

RILLA   HARRIS-DOOLING.  -.--..  Alton. 

JAMES  E.  LONG.  ------  Caimi,    White   Co. 

Foreman  of  the  press  room,  "Carmi  Times" 

*MARY  ELLA  MlTCHELL-DOltSEY.  -  -  -  .  .  Moro. 

fJESSL!  B.  MURROW.  -------  Atoka,  I.  T. 

MINNIE  A.  NEECE.  -----..  Waverly. 

The  daughter  of  Jes.se  H.  and  .Tulia  E.  Neeee:  was  born  in  El  Triumpho,, 
Mexico,  but  since  early  childhood  has  lived  witli  her  parents  on  a  farm  near 
Waverly,  111.  She  was  for  some  time  a  student  at  Shurtleff  College,  where 
sne  gave  herself  to  her  work  with  earnestness  and  took  high  r^:ik. 

From  very  early  childiiood  Miss  Neece  has  been  a  member  of  tlie  Waverly 
BapTi_st  Church,  consecrating  her  talents  with  unselHsh  devotion  to  its  up- 
building. For  three  years  she  was  Worthy  Matron  of  Waverly  Chapter  No. 
300,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  She  is  also  a  member  oi  the  lUinoiSi  Grand 
Cliapter  of  the  Order,  representing  the  first  joint  of  the  Central  Star,  Grand 
Adah. 

KITTIE  L.   PARKER-HAYWARD.  -  -  -  .  .  Medora. 

LEONORA  PARKER-MONTAGUE.  -  .  -  .         Brodhead,  Wis 

DANIEL  MEHURIN  PARKS.  .--.-.        Plymouth. 

OLIVE  I.  POWLESS-MEGOWEN.  ....  Upper  Alton. 

Milliner. 

JACOB  T.  SCHELDT.  ....  407  Addison  Ave..  Chicago. 

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.lA.Ml-.S   ADKISOX   •[■(►MI.INSON.  Cr.issdiilr.   n.-ar  Chiciifro. 

i'l^Ci  ( "haiiiliiT  111'  I 'n-iiiii  •;t<% 
Was  Ixtrii  ill  (Juiiiry.  Ill,  .laimar.v  S.  ISCI.  licini;  Hi,,  st'cdinl  in  a  family  o*" 
tin  <'liil(ln'ii.  Wliiii  iii>  was  ITi  years  of  i\^i'  liis  fatlirr  rcinovcd  to  a  farm 
near  Eini»oi-ia.  Kan.,  ami  in  tlu'  winter  (if  ISSO  .lames  did  cli-ires  fur  his 
l)()ard  and  allended  Mie  grammar  seluKu  in  Aun'riens,  Kan.  In  Hie  snmmer  o' 
ISSl  he  was  jtersnaih-d  by  his  uneh',  Uev.  Addisfui  H.  'J'ondinsdn.  a  former 
praduafi- (if  Shunh'ff  Colleye,  io  attend  lli:il  Inst  itni  Km.  After  .selling  notioi.S 
from  town  to  town,  ne.irini:  IpiH  r  .\ilnii  each  day,  he  finally  arrived  nhuut 
the  uiiddle  of  An^'iisi,  issi.  eiiit  rini;  CnUefre  hi  September.  He  rt-mainoo 
for  three  year.s.  boarding;  with  "(Irandin.a  Atkins,"  doinu'  chores,  janitor  wort 
etc..  and  making  his  own  way. 

Mr.  Tomlinsiin  left  Shiirtlcir  College  in  ISSl.  ;ind  w;is  married  on  August 
IS  of  that  year.  Ih-  has  ihrc(  lovely  little  girls,  Alta.  Kntli  .•iiid  Ihdeii.  and 
a  boy,  .Tamie.  We  give  on;-  re;iders  n  hue  engraving  of  the  entire  family  group. 
XIr.  Tomliuson  has  Ix-en  very  successfully  engagi^l  in  the  life  insurance  bus 
iness  for  nearly  ten  years,  havipg  recently  been  ap)ioiiited  general  agent  for 
the  E(iuitable  Life,  the  largest  ;iiid  strongest  company  in  the  world. 

PARK  SEDGWICK  WEBSTEK.  .....         Upper  Altou 

Merchant. 

RITA  STEWART  WEHSTEH.  .....  Ipper  Alton. 

Teacher  in  the  jmblic  schools. 

MARY  CORNBMA   WILLI  A  MS  LA  WHENCE.  -  -  I'lipcr   Altou. 

Her  early  life  w:is  spent  at  her  father's  farm  in  Wood  River  Townshjii,  Mad- 
ison Co..  111.,  about  three  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Upper  Altcui.  After  three 
years'  attendance  at  ShurtlefT  C(dlege,  she  was  married  February  L'd,  1SS4,  to 
Mr.  Wni.  H.  L.awrence.  of  Hethalto.  The  first  ten  years  of  her  married  life 
was  spent  in  Litchtield  and  St.  Louis,  but  for  your  years  past  she  has  resided 
in  T'iMier  Altcu 

1882-83. 

ANNIE  E.  BEAVEN.        .....  Burton,  King  Co.,  Wash. 

Assistant  in  the  "Missionary   Children's  Home." 

C.  LOUIS  BECKEMEYER. Upper  Alton. 

Was  born  near  Hudleytown,  .lackson  Co.,  Ind.,  March  !!',>.  Is.'iS.  At  the 
age  of  six  he  went  West,  with  the  family,  his  failicr  having  bought  a  farm 
about  three  miles  northeast  of  Upper  .\llon,  wliere  Louis  ;iiid  his  jiarents 
still  reside. 

At  the  age  of  KJ  he  joined  the  (Jerm.in  .M.  E.  Church  of  Alton,  of  which 
he  is  still  an  active  memtier.  .\fier  spending  parts  of  two  years  in  Shurtleff 
College,  he  returned  home  and  has  been  operating  the  farm  ever  since. 

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EDWARD  S.   BONHAM. 

Trustee  of  Lewis  Township,  Clay  Co.,  Ind. 


Howesville,   Ind. 


*tELMEK   E.   BONHAM. 
LIBBIE  BKANCH-DORAN. 
LIZZIE  COFFEY-DOKMAN. 


(Wright,    Ind.)    Died  in   1887. 

121G  N.  Eleventh  St.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Oak  Cliff,  Tex. 


MILLARD  L.  FIELD.  ....  .  .         Topeka,  Kan. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  College  in  0  une,  1883,  he  entered  the  University  ol 
Kansas  in  September,  graduating  two  years  later  by  making  up  a  year's 
work.  He  has  since  been  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  West,  most  of  this  time 
in  the  capacitj'  of  principal.  For  about  eight  years  he  has  been  principal  of 
the  Lincoln  School,  largest  in  Tiopeka. 

Mr.  Field  usually  spends  his  summers  in  conducting  Normal  Institutes. 
For"~some  six  years  he  has  been  Superintendent  of  the  First  Baptist  Sunday 
School  of  Topeka. 


CLYDE   KELLY. 

Milliner. 

ARTHUR  KEN  YON. 

REV.  ANDREW  II.  KNICHT. 

JULIA  LOHR-STACK. 

ARTHUR   LOUTHAN. 
*THOMAS  E.  LOUTHAN. 
tGEORGE  W.  McCOLLUM. 

EMMA   MUSSON-BONNELIv. 

W ALS A  N El^^  TON -H AN D. 
tCHARLES  R.  TEACH. 
tBERTHA  A.   RIGGS. 
tJ.  V.  ROWE. 

EMMA  A.  SCOTT\ 
tLYMAN  M.  SCOTT\ 
♦tHENRY  SMART. 

REV.  GEORGE  STEEL.  B.  D 


Patoka. 

Atlanta. 

South  Obselic,  N.  Y. 

Biughamtou,  N.  Y'. 

Areola. 

Areola. 

(Scottsville./ 

Los   Angeles,   Cal. 

705  W.  Seventieth  St.,  Chicago, 

(O'P'allon.) 

(Godfrey.) 

(Locust  Grove,  I.  T.) 

Box  31,  O'Fallon. 

CO"  Fallon.) 

(Troy.) 


Hillsboro,  Mo. 

Was  born  in  Y^orkshire,  England,  February  6,  1845,  coming  to  America  at 
a  very  early  age.  The  family  settled  in  Missouri.  He  was  married  May  11. 
1869,  to  Miss  Mary  Mildred  Lee  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Mo.  Being  desirous  of  tak- 
ing a  course  in  theology,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  L'pper  Alton,  entered 


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2.  Aita. 


THE  TOMLINSON   FAMILY 

1-  J.iiiies  A.  Toiiiliiisoti.  'Si. 

-V    Helen.  4.   Jamie. 

6.   Mrs.  James  A.  Toinlinsoii. 


V   Kiitli. 


St.  IX.U1S  Co..  Mo.,  au.l  "aU  IIiU.  M.  I  u  r  v.-:ii»  in     vark.ul 

Ih,.  laltor  l,.-,Mon,l...      II.-  afl.rwar.l     ,nv;,..l,...l     f...   llu..     .» 

o<,„n.r,-  ..hur,.lu.s  of  •"'"■'■"•"'.'''■;""•,,„.  ^,i„„„ri  ,...;:l»lu.ur,..  having  l...,-, 

„,  „..,.,  „.rvo„  ';;-:;-;■;;:,,,'■,:  ::;,.„.„^,,„  ,-o,„„.v. a, 

eloc-ied  in  Nov.Mubor.  ISiU.  as  K.  pi.  • « lu  lu  •       jj,.  ,,.,«     rrr.ntl.v 

socm-o.l  :i  C-Nvrnment  nppni.nnu.nt  uiul.-,   tlu'  (  n  .1 

Son  of  Kk„ar<,  (>^v..n  a,„>  ^•-■••. '- '  '  „  ^   .    ";,;  ..,„,„  „..  ,.„,„„  .i,,,  1,1. 

fatl.ors  family  lo  .lorscy  (  o,.  III..  "  1 »  i     I"  ,,„,„,,,„,,  ,„  n,„.,i,  I'aiolina. 

M.  fa.U..,.  „i..„  an,,  ,„o  nMnahnl.T  of  '::;;".,",•  ,„  „n.  faU  of 
Here  Bon  was  o„nver.,.,\.  Jouuns  t  u    '■••"•"•",.„„„„,„,    v.,  ,..,  an,l  In 
1872  1.0  left  l,o,ne  a.nl  wont  to  vvork  ,n  a  s,o  ,    .,.  I  •'■'"'- 
\^^  .on.  ,0  Kansas.  ,vl,ore  l,o  ^;-  -.--   ,7,,;;       ;;,•,,;:,■:;  •'l':,!  taUon 
The  oonvlotion  that  he  was  .-all -.1  ot  (.o.l  '  „ev. 

possosslon  of  yonn«  W.setnan.  ao.l     upo      ;    -  ,  ,„  .j,,,,,,,.^  ,.„,. 

.lol.n  I.',  llowatal.  <.f  tho  class  of  18.  .  ''^      ''^  •";^.,   .^„„  i,^,  eM....-i.'...-.'  -as 

lose.    He  ontor,.a  .1...  ...s.itnfon  ...  U.c  f  lo     l^*^;;    '",',„  ,„„„.  „„ 

„„,  a  repetition  of  .l.a,  o'""";'""  »  ?    C^-    ^n    "'^.Un,  .ml.  «.". 

own  way.    He  sawo.l  W.....1.  .1..1  a    .til. ', '"■;■„  ,,„„  ,.,.„,,  ,„•  ,„- 

„ve.,  for  .ml...  a  Ion.  thne  on  *  .1..  ^'^T^J'^^^^^^L  win,  ,1 las- 

eolle^e  oonrso  no  ';'^^:^^Z,Z„^;:^2..y".l  f..n..win.  s..p, l...- 

of  1883,  he  '■•°''  "'  ''°    ■;'^     ,,,!^',,  erwar.l  pnrs.tin,  sotne  tln.olo.i.al  sttnli... 
but  remained  but  a  snort  uuu,  „,,.„<,..    ,„.  .locrnttnl  tht^  fall  «r 

While  hoi-e  he  ^^•as  ins'nin...i.tal  n.  ,h.      >  ^-     ;  _  ',,.,  .n-.-wani  l.-l-n... 

tist  Cl.r.v.i..     m  June,  l.s'.U.  h.-  n.lurn.Ml  m  Kninlh......  .  ami 

at  Girard  and  MorrisunviUe.  Ill  npuriau-  m  Mis.-  Mary 

oo    iQ'wi    \!r    W  <eiean  was  »uutiMl  m  lu.nii.i- 
on  January  21),  IMH    >.;.  \  .„.  i,dwanlsviU.    111.     Sne  d..-' 

K  Burroughs,  daughter  ..1   Ju.l.c    "">    "-  ,,ad.'r-o,iu'   an 

,,   the  St.   Loui.   Bap.is,    H.-spua        ;  ^'-^V   n h     da      lue...    Ksth.r    ano 
operation.      Mr.  W.s.-n.an  was  h       ^      h   ^^  ,,;^.^.,.,,^,  „,,,,,,,  ,, 

Edith,  the  older  about   ^x  >--^>^  "„-'-^;       \  ,„^„.,.i,,i  ,.,  Miss     Came 

ro:;r;er;:.a;rn;\;,ns:r:^>;i^'K:.;.:.- -■^•■'- 

W.  Al.nl  Ma...r.  an.l  h.  Lsl.c^  Lo  ioo..iv,.,l  .1 •  P"    ^'■ 


i\i 


1883-84. 

SUSAN  M.  BEAMAN.  .  .  .  -  9772  Howard  St.,  Chicago. 

After  leaving  Sliurtleff  College  she  taught  for  three  successive  years  near 
Worden,  111.,  and  was  afterward  in  charge  of  the  primary  department  ot 
Bethany  School  (near  Godfrey,  111.)  for  one  year.  She  subsequently  took  up 
kindergarten  training  work  in  the  Chicago  Free  Kindergarten  Association, 
graduating  in  1891,  and  afterward  teaching  for  five  years  at  McCowen  Oral 
School  for  Young  Deaf  Children,  Chicago,  111. 

Miss  Beaman  now  has  charge  of  the  Kindergarten  and  Primary  Depart- 
ment for  the  Deaf  in  Chas.  Kozmiuski  Public  School,  Chicago,  her  work  being 
given  by  means  of  the  oral  method  entirely. 

JOHN  EDWARD  BUCK.  -  -  -  -         Benton,  St.  Louis  Co.,  Mo. 

Office  320  Olive  St.,  St.  Louis. 
Was  born  at  Litchfield.  111.,  .lanuary  <'>.  l.SOG.  His  early  years  were  spent 
on  a  farm.  He  entered  Shurtleff  College  in  18S:5,  and  left  in  1890,  having 
secured  a  situation  in  St.  Louis  as  proof-reader.  Tlie  following  year  he  was 
advanced  to  the  position  of  associate  editor  of  the  "St.  Louis  Dry  Goods  Re- 
porter," in  which  position  he  continued  for  several  years,  being  at  the  same 
time  St.  Louis  correspondent  for  a  number  of  other  trade  journals,  among 
tlieni  "1"he  Sp(jkesman."  Cincinnati.  ().;  "Textile  America,"  New  York;  '  Farm 
Implement  News,"  Chicago;  "Implement  Tr;ide  .lournal."  Kansas  City,  and 
"Threshermen's  Review,"  I'ort  Huron,  Mii-h. 

Mr.  Buck  was  married  April  23,  1890,  to  Miss  Annie  L.  Kyner,  of  Decatur, 
111,  He  is  at  present  associate  editor  of  "Stoves  and  Hai'dware  Reporter,"  at 
St.  Louis. 

tWILLIAM  GEORGE  CHANCE.  -  -  -  .  .  ,st.  .Jacob.) 

FLORA  ELLEN  CLOTFEITl'ER.  -  -  -  Ellis,   Ellis,   Co.,   Kan. 

ROSE     ALMA     DAILY-WILLIAMS.  -  -  -  -  Omaha.   Neb. 

♦WILLIAM  AMOS  EVANS.  -  -----  Du  Quoin. 

Was  born  near  Du  Quoin,  111..  August  10,  1S07.  At  the  age  of  16  he  entered 
a  railroad  office  at  St.  John's,  111.,  to  learn  telegraphy,  etc.,  but  through  the 
influence  of  Prof.  Ray  he  decided  to  attend  Shurtleff  College,  entering  in  the 
fall  of  1888  and  remaining  a  little  more  than  one  college  year,  wlien  he  was 
called  home  by  the  death  of  his  mother,  in  October,  188.'>.  He  afterward  en- 
ga;red  in  farm  work.  On  June  10,  1880,  lie  was  drowned  while  nathing  in  a 
river  near  his  home. 

REV.  GEORGE  W^ILLIAM  GIBBENS,  A.  B.  -  -  -  -         Barry. 

Came  from   the  farm  to  Sluirtleff    College  in  the  fall  of  1883,    graduating 

from     the  classical     course  in  1890.      He  afterward  graduated  from     Crozer 

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Theolo^ual  S.Muinary.  (•h.-sUT.  P:...  in  \KC,.    II.-  work.Ml  his  way  ,hrou;:h  ..-n 
conscoiuivo  yoars  oi  stu.ly  with  Imi   l.ul.-  outsi.h.  liuan.-ial  ="^sistan.-.- 

Upon  sra.lnalin.u'  from  Croy.rv  lu-  ivsi:,MM'.l  his  ,.asi...a..-  in  1  lula.h-lph.a. 
where  he  had  preaehe.l  for  nearly  tw,.  years  <.f  his  seminary  e.mrse.  an.l  re- 
turned  t.>  the  ol.l  larn.  near  Uarry.  HI.,  lor  a  rest,  lie  is  nuw  .naiot.j;  Min- 
day  School  worl;  a  sp.eial  sin.ly.  hein-^  Sunday  S.h,.ul  evan....l.si  t.,r  like 
County. 

,,..  ,,    ,,ii.|/,v    \i    <  -  -  Mountain  Home.  Ark. 

niOF.  Tiii  Si  i:n  v).  cini.oN.  m-  ^• 

Professor  of  Mai  lu'inaiics  iu  .Moun!;iin  Home  Collet:.'. 
rJOSEPH  mn  ANT   IlAU.irn-.  -  .I.-.'s  summit.   Mo.; 

PiiEscoTT SILAS r.KAu..  "  ,  ;^"' ''^^ ^'- ^::;;::- 

\fter  leavin-  SliunlnT  CoUe.Lre  in  iss.'.  he  aiieud.-.l  Knox  (  oll.-^. .  (.ahs- 
bur-  111  homj:  jiraduated  from  thai  insiiiuii.m  in  IsM*.  Affr  tea.-hiufr  for 
twrwiuters.  and  six  years  of  business  l,f.-.  lu-  he.an  to  ti,  lumself  for  the 
GCspel  ministry,  entering-  the  Theolo^-i.-al  1  ...partuuMU  of  .he  I  n>v-rsny  ... 
Chieajro  in  the  fall  of  1S'.>7.  at  the  same  tin.e  havin.u'  in  .Imr.:,-  .1..-  Knl.i-'ewo.x. 
Mission  of  the  Eastern  .Vv.  P.ai-tisi  Clnuvh  ..f  .loli.'i. 

twiLi.is  VADON  iii:m»kicks.  ''^'' 

.\lion 
(JEORiiE  V.  KE.^^K1>^. 

MINNIE  KENNEDY-NITTEU.  ''•'''   -^^"'" 

...  Ji-rseyville. 

WESLEY  Kinm.  -  -        - 

Druggist. 

Are.ila. 
WALTER  LOI'TIIAN.  -  -  " 

P.ridj.'ep.>rt. 

Alter  leaving  ShurtlelT  College  he     taught  .school     for  several     years,  and 

afterward  studied  law.  heing  a.l.nitte.l  to  the  bar  in   IS'.....  ami   having  pra.- 

tieed  successfully  ever  sin.-.-.     In  iNi.l   1-  was  appoin.e.l   .Masl..r  >n  <  ham.-ry 

of  Lawreuee  (\)unty.  whi<-h  posiii.m  he  still  holds. 

^,.,..x-  -  -  -  Teierstiurg. 

ALBERT  F.  MALTIU  .  -  - 

Completed  tlu-  ..mrs,.  in  Sl.nril.'ir  College,  business  .lepartm.m..  a.i.l  then 
spent  a  year  as  bo.,kk..-p.M-  lor  a  'I'T  g Is  h.mse  at  ()akf..rd.  111.     He  after- 
ward removed  to  Hen...  N.'V..  a.wl  s.ill  la,.T  was  ..mpl..y.-l  in  a  lan.l  ..Ih.-e  at 
Garden  Citv,  Kan.     His  dealli  o.-cunv.l  in   INM'. 
HERMAN  LEWIS  NIETEUT.  .M.  U.       ■         -         Tlo  S.  F..ur,h  St..  St.   Lou.s.M... 

ELLA   M.  OSBOUX  ArWA'rKK.  ■  -  "  "  '  ^'^■^' 

,  ,    ,,r.i./»T.v  -  .I.'imestown.   Ark. 

JAMES  MARSHALL  OSKORN. 

Principal  of  the  Arkansas  State  Normal  S.h..ol. 
HARRIEl^r  DATES  RKiGS.  -  -  (.o.lfi.J. 

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WILLIAM  SCHWEICKHAKDT.  .  -  -  .  Siniiigtiekl,   Mo. 

WILLIAM   E.    SEGRAVES.  .  .  .  .  Ilayncs,   Jersey   Co. 

REV.   GEORUE   W1LL1A:M   SHADWICK.  -  .  .  .  Seiota. 

Pastor  of  the  Baptist  Clivircli  of  Sciota.  At  the  same  time  studying:  medi- 
cine in  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  Missouri. 

■fSAMUEL   PAUL    SMITH. (Qiiincy.) 

STiEFHEN  DOUGLAS  STAFF. Ramsey. 

Farmer. 

ANDREW  DUFF  WEBB,  A.  M.  -  -  -  -  -  ML  Veniou. 

Was  born  near  Ewiiig,  Franklin  Co.,  111..  January  4,  IStU;  sou  of  Elijah 
T.  and  Nancy  T.  Webb,  pioneer  settlers.  Andrew  Avas  reared  on  a  farm  ana 
attended  the  common  schools  until  the  age  of  l-t,  when  he  entered  Ewlng 
College,  remaining  there  continuously  until  the  spring  of  1SS4,  when  he  en- 
tered the  Senior  (,'lass  at  Shurtleff  College,  gradujiiting  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  June  4,  1884.  The  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Shurtleff 
College  in  1890. 

After  leaving  College,  ^Ir.  Webb  tauglit  two  terms  of  school,  one  at  Frank- 
lin, Morgan  Co.,  111.,  and  one  at  Aspen,  Colo.  He  then  studied  law  at  Mt, 
Vernon  and  was  admitted  to  the  l)ar  in  LSSl),  liaving  since  practiced  his  pro- 
fession fn  that  city.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  law  lirm  of  Webb  &  Harriss, 
and  has  served  for  two  terms  as  Master  in  Chancery  of  Jefferson;  Co.  He  is 
al-so  City  Attorney  of  Mt.  Vernon. 

Mr.  Webb  was  married  March  14,  1888,  to  Miss  Clara  B.  Green,  of  Cobden, 
111.    He  is  a  member  of  the  B;iptist  Church,  and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

SIDNEY   ARTHUR   WIGHTMAX.  ...  -  Upper  Alton. 

Was  born  July  22,  18G5,  at  Gru-enville,  Bond  Co.,  111.,  spending  the  first 
eighteen  years  of  his  life  on  his  father's  farm  near  that  place,  attending  the 
country  schools  during  the  winter  months.  In  the  fall  of  1883  he  entered 
the  Business  Department  of  ShurtlefC  College,  working  for  his  board  at  the 
home  of  Prof.  Geo.  B.  Dodge. 

In  March,  1885,  he  accepted  tlie  position  of  clerk  in  Leverett's  book  store, 
Upper  Alton,  111.,  where  he  was  employed  for  twelve  years.  In  March,  1897 
he  gave  up  his  position  in  the  book  store  and  engaged  in  the  laundry  business 
in  Upper  Alton,  in  which  he  is  now  very  successful. 

Mr.  Wightman  was  married  in  April,  1891,  to  Miss  Bertha  E.  Wright,  ot 
Upper  Alton.  Two  daughters  and  a  son  gladden  and  bless  their  pleasant 
home. 

tJAMES  W.  WILLIAMS.  .  .  .  -  .  (Beaver  Dam,  Ky.) 

REV.  LUEAKER  HENDERSON  WILLIAMS.  -  -  Danville. 

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1884-85. 

REV.  .70ITX  ANDFOKICK. .Iu(l,i.   Wis. 

OEOH(JE    S.    HEKKM.W.  .  .  .  .  .  Tis^'ali. 

*USYSSES  (;r  \NT  rilAr.MA.N.  .  -  .  .  K:i\  111. .11.1. 

Aft<>r  U'avins  Sluirtlofl'  C'olI('-.'(<  lu-  ntl.  -idcd  tlio  Illinois  Stait>  Normal   I'm 

ver.sit.v.  Xorinal.   III.,  for  two  years.     IIo  then  taujrht  school  for  tlirec  yt-ars, 

■when  his  healfh  failrd  and  lio  tinally  passed  away  on  tlie  !>th  of  January. 

1891,  in  the  27th  year  of  his  aire. 

CAROLINE  COCrlllLL.  -  -  109  E.  Coal  Ave..  An)u<iuer(|ue.  N.  M. 

•JAMES  TI'CKER  rO(^,IIILL.  -         Died  at  Mattoon.  January  20.  IRS.S. 

tNEWEEL  ALONZO  FKYE.  -  -  -  ...  (Alton.) 

LILLIAN  B.  niLLHAM. Tpi.er  Alton. 

Teacher  in  Upper  Alton  public  schools. 

ALBERT  M.  HARRISON.  Ph.  B..  I>.  I).  S.      -  -      202  W.  Slate  St..  Rockfoid. 

I^ntered  Shurtleff  Colle,sre  in  ISS.^.  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  ISltl. 
Three  years  later  he  srraduated  from  tlie  Chicairo  Tolleire  of  P.Mital  SurLri-ry. 
and  has  since  been  pr.'icticin.ij:  dentistry  in  Rockfor.l. 

•EDGAR  J.  HILL.  --.-...  Murphysltoro. 

After  leavin.;::  Shurtleff  College    ht>  m.-irried    an.l  settled  in    Murphysliorn, 

■where  he  died  in  November.  1897.  after  a  linirerin.tc  ■llness.  h>avins  wife  ami 
infant  daucliter. 

ALICE  ESTHER  HOLT-PALMER.  B    L.  -  -  -  -  Chicago. 

After  attending  Shurtleff  College  during  18S4-Sr..  and  l.«sr.-S(i.  Miss  II. dt 
entered  the  I'niversivy  of  "Wisconsin.  Madison.  Wis.,  where  sh(»  gradtiated  in 
ISSS  with  the  degree  of  B.  T>..  at  tii"  s.-mii-  time  being  awarded  the  prize  in 
oratory.  Three  years  were  then  devoted  to  the  study  of  vocal  music  and  elocu- 
tion in  Chica.go.  and  slu^  h.'is  since  taught  one  or  both  tlus(>  branches  in  the 
following  institutions:  Jennings  Seminary.  Anroia.  111.:  South  Dakota  Agri 
cultural  College.  Brookings.  S.  D.:  Alton  Conscrv.it.ny  .)f  Music.  Alt.ni.  111., 
and  Shurtleff  College.  I'ppcr  Alton.  She  h.is  been  coiincctc.l  witli  Shurilcif 
College  during  1897-98. 

Miss  Holt  ■v\'as  married  Novcmbor  Id.  1X>.">,  to  T>r.  \\  W.  P.iluicr.  ;i  gra.l- 
uate  of  St.  L'Ouis  Medical  College.  They  have  recently  removed  to  Chicago, 
where  Dr.  P.ilmer  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  iirofession. 

REV.  JOHN   I'UICE  MK.W.  -  -  -  (;ruliville.  .IclT.'isoii  ('....  Mo. 

Was  born  at  Crubville.  Mo..  May  9,  18(;2.  being  the  youngist  of  si.\  chil- 
dren. At  the  age  of  19  he  was  converted  an.l  joine.l  the  Bethlehem  Bapfis* 
Churcli   ne.nr  liis  hnine.       .\ftcr  n   ye.-ir  or   tw.)  at    Sliurlli'lT    College  lie     waM 

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ordained  to  the  Gospel  ministry  in  1887,  entering  upon  his  pastoral  work  with 
the  Bethlehem  and  Pisgah  churches,  of  Jefferson  Co.,  Mo.,  in  which  count;' 
almost  all  of  his  work  has  been  done.  Was  also  pastor  of  Oakland,  House's 
Spring  and  Calvary  churches,  three  years  at  each  place.  During  three  years 
of  his  work  he  was  acting  as  District  Missionary  of  the  Jefferson  County 
Baptist  Association,  and  organized  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Festus,  Mo. 

Mr.  McKay  was  married  in  1S8S  to  Miss  Lula  Maud  Musick,  of  Koberts- 
ville,  Mo.    Thej'  have  one  son. 

MAUDE  E.  :MURPHY-ACKETiS.  -----        Abilene.  Kan. 

IMiss  ^lurphy  was  born  in  Illinois,  NoA-ember  S,  1807.  She  attended  the 
])ublic  scliools  in  her  youth,  and  taught  school  for  a  time  previous  to  entering 
Shurtleff  College  in  1884.  where  she  spent  one  year.  In  tlie  fall  of  188.")  she 
went  to  Marion,  Kan.,  and  spent  two  years  there  in  tlie  Ili.iili  School,  from 
which  she  graduated  in  1887.  She  at  once  returned  to  Illinois,  liaving  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  first  a.ssistant  in  the  schools  of  Girard.  111.  P^or  the  next 
two  school  years  she  taught  at  Abilene,  Kan.,  where  lier  father's  family 
bad  settled. 

Miss  Mtirphy  was  married  in  ISUl  to  Mr.  H.  E.  Ackers.  Her  husliand  be^ 
ing  in  poor  health,  they  went  .South,  visiting  Nashville,  Tenn..  Birmingham. 
Ala.,  and  other  points,  finally  settling  in  Athvnta,  Ga.  Remaining  here  until 
Mr.  Ackers'  health  was  greatly  improved,  they  returned  to  Abilene.  Kan.,  in 
Aughst,  1892,  and  have  since  resided  in  that  city. 

REV.  F.  WILL  NOLTE,  A.  B.  -  .  -  -  Creal  Springs,  111. 

Was  born  March  27,  1860,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  On  liis  conversion  he  was 
baptized  into  the  fellowship  c*  the  Second  Baptist  Church  in  that  city, 
December  31,  1882,  during  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  W.  W.  Boyd.  In  the  fall  ot 
1883  he  came  to  Shurtleff  College,  remaining  until  his  Junior  year,  having 
instituted  and  managed  during  this  time  a  printing  and  pubFishing  depart- 
ment in  connection  with  the  College.  In  1889  he  Avent  to  Amherst,  Mass.,  and 
graduated  there  i  i  the  classical  course  in  1800.  He  then  returned  to  Shurtleft 
College  and  pursued  theological  studies. 

After  his  ordination,  November  17,  1892,  at  the  Second  Baptist  Church  of 
St.  Louis,  he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Mui"phys- 
boro.  111.,  where  he  remained  three  years.  He  then  accepted  the  position  of 
Professor  of  Sciences  at  Ewing  College,  Ewing,  111.,  afterward  resigning  to 
become  Principal  and  Professor  of  Greek  at  Creal  Springs  College,  Creal 
Springs,  111.  In  addition  to  these  duties,  Mr.  Nolte  has  recently  accepted  the 
pastorate  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  that  city. 

tARTHUR  HAYES  SMITH. (Moro.j 

THOMAS  STALLINGS  -  -  -  1417  Lucas  Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Student  in  Law  Department  of  Washington  Universitj\ 

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BAARKXT  TKX  intOKK.  -  SS.")!   r;i;r<'  IMvd.,  St.  I.ouis,  Mo. 

Oilier.  :',-2-2  Ilollaml  151.1;;. 
.Towt'lcr. 

Ki:V.  K.MOKV  SII.\lLi:r:  TOWSo.N.  11::  Sdl.ir  si.,  Hrisml.  'Ci'iin. 

■Rcolor  KiiKiiiiii'l  ri'oicsi.'iut   l']|>isco]);il  rinircli. 

KEY.  .rOlIX  \1\1.\N   Wlini.Nc;.   l;.   ]>■■.-  Kcw.-incc. 

\r;is  rioni  ill  l>ii\ci-.  Mo.:  .MmitIi  s.  1st;:;.  .Murli  of  Ins  cnri.v  life  wa.s  spent 
in  Illinois,  liis  latliei-.  Kcv.  Chiii'  s  Whiiiiii;.  Iiavjn.i,'  jiastoratos  at  Quincy  and 
Canton.  When  ne.irly  lliroiiuli  i  lie  piihlic  sclmols.  lie  devoted  live  years  to  pri 
vate  study  with  liis  father.  He  iheii  sp'iii  a  year  at  Sliurtleir  rolje^re.  and  .1 
year  at  .A!or.u:an  Park  Seminary,  .and  liiiaily  twn  years  at  itoehesiei-  'riieolo,i:i-aI 
Senunary.  uradnatin;;  in  isss. 

Mr.  Wiulin.ii's  lirst  and  second  jiasioraies  were  at  Hlair  and  Fairlmrv.  N'eli. 
He  entered  npon  his  iircsent  jiasiorate  at  Kewanee.  in  Oetoher.  IMk;. 

J.   rKI':.ST().X   Wll.SOX.  -  -  .  .  .  Winter   Park.    Kla. 

ROBERT  HEX.I.\M1X   Wll.SdX.  -  -  ( Jriihville.  .leffersi.n  Co..   Mo. 

Since  leavinu'  SJiuitlelT  Coliciic  he  h:is  lieeii  a  successfnl  teacher  of  JetVer- 
son  Co..  Mo.,  for  tlie  past   twelve  years,   hdlilini;  a  lirst  tirade  cerlilieate. 

On  An.sust  ll*.  iS!»7.  .Mi".  Wilson  was  iiiariicd  lo  Miss  Anna  .McKay,  a  iironi 
Inent  teacm^r  also  of  .lefferson  Connty. 

J AC(>R  JOSEPH    WISEM.W.  .....  Jersey vilie. 

^lerchant. 

REV.  THOMAS  SHIELDS  YorXC.  -  -  -  -  San  Jos(>.  Cal. 

Was  horn  .March  is.  1S(;:;.  spent  one  year  in  I  >aveii|Mirl  ila.i  llijrh  School. 
Served  three  yars  as  apprentice  and  three  years  as  jininn'yiii.in  locomotive 
niacliinisf.  He  attended  (leiieva  (Ojleue  in  iss:;-|.  and  afterward  studied  ;u 
SlinrtlefC  C(>U(\i:o  until  Juti(\  ISS7.  wIkmi  lie  w.-is  m.-irried  to  Miss  X.innie  .\. 
(iillham,  of  I  ppor  Alton. 

Mr.  Yonn;;  entered  npon  his  ])asioral  work  and  was  ordained  in  July.  1.*>S7, 
and  spent  t(Mi  years  as  pastor  in  Illinois.  Hnrini;  two  years  of  tliis  time  he 
pursued  theoloiiical  stndit^s  at  ShurtlefT  Colle,i:e  a!id  at  Chica.L'o  rnivcrsily. 
In  February,  ISOt;,  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yonn?:  removed  to  .\llin(|nei-(iue.  .X.  .M.,  under 
appointment  of  the  Home  ^lission  Society,  and  in  Octolicr  of  the  same  year 
settled  at  San  Jose,  Cal..  where  ^Ir.  Youiil;-  iias  since  heen  pastor  of  the  Bap- 
tist Tabernacle. 

1885-86. 

WIT>FREr)  E.  AXDERICK.         -  .....         ]inck  drove. 

GEORCE  ELOYD  AXHERSOX.  .  .  .  .  .         St.  Cliarles.  Mo. 

County  Snrveyor. 

^VILLARD   YAEE   BAKER. Mi.    Sterling. 

Attorney-at  law. 

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UEV.  JAMES  MARION  BARRETT.  -  -  -  Saidora,  Mason  Co. 

Was  born  in  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  February  1.  3849.  Converted  at  the  age  o^ 
19,  lie  joined  the  Baptist  Cliarch  and  determined  to  devote  himself  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry.  He  was  ordaintd  Marcii  10,  1878,  by  the  Shiloh  Baj)- 
tist  Church,  near  Carlinville,  111.  Before  his  ordination  lie  had  preached  ai 
Palmyra.  111.  After  spending  some  lime  in  study  at  Slmrtleff  College,  he  en- 
gaged in  missionary  ajid  evangelistic  worlc.  also  serving  churches  at  Mt. 
Oin^e,  Prairie  Grove,  New  Douglas,  Lebanon,  Pleasant  Ridge,  Stauiiion, 
Alhambra,  New  Hope  and  Franklin,  111. 

Mr.  Barrett  was  united  in  marriage  with  :M1ss  Susan  Jones,  daughter  of 
Rev.  J.  R.  Jones,  of  Bunker  Hill.  111.,  October  20,  ISSl.  They  have  four  sons 
and  four  daughters.  He  is  now  pastor  at  Snicarte,  Mason  Co.,  where  he  has 
been  preaching  for  about  eight  years. 

^YILLIE  BONDURANT-KITZ:\IlLLEPv.       -       -        .501  Roanoke  St..  Roanoke,  Va. 
After     leaving     Shurtleff     ('ollege  m     1890  :Miss     Bondurant     removed  t<. 
Roanoke.  Va.,  aftein\ard  living  for  a  time  at  Lynchburg.  Va.    She  was  mar- 
ried to  Mr.  Geo.  M.  Kitzmiller,  of  Roanoke,  April  22.  189G,  and  they  have  re- 
sided in  that  city  ever  since. 

fJAMES  WASHINGTON  BUCK.  _  .  .  .  (Baltimore,  Md.; 

REV.  ALVIN  W.  CLAXON,  A.  B.,  :M.  D.  -  -  -  -  Bunker  Hill. 

■\Vas  born  near  Mattoon,  III..  Mai-cli  .'50.  ISr.r).  spending  liis  eai'ly  life  on  the 
farm  wit-h  his  parents.  At  the  age  of  11  he  began  work  on  a  farm  as  a  hired 
man.  He  was  converted  in  1882.  and  a  year  later  baptized  into  the  memlier- 
ship  of  Calvary  Baptist  Church  at  ^Mattoon.  Feeling  that  he  was  called  to 
the  work  of  the  ministry,  he  entered  Shunleff  College  in  lSSr>  for  a  course  of 
study.  The  greatest  part  of  seven  years  Avas  now  devoted  to  study  at  Shurt- 
leff College  and  preaching  at  various  points  Ari'ola.  111..  Bunker  Hill,  Ml., 
and  I>e  Soto.  Mo. 

In  February.  1892.  Mr.  Claxoii  was  ordained  to  fl.ie  Gospel  ministry  at  the 
Mattoon  Baptist  Church,  and  in  Septemlier  <if  tlie  same  year  he  entered  Iteii- 
ison  Pniversity,  Granville,  O.,  gradnaring  in  1894.  In  that  year  he  was  again 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Bunker  Hill  church,  taking  up  the  Avork  there 
at  once.  He  has  remained  witli  tliis  church  ever  since,  and  has  in  connection 
with  his  pastoral  duties  found  time  to  pursue  a  three  years'  course  in  medi- 
cine at  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  >.Iissouri,  St.  Louis,  where  he 
graduated  in  1897  with  the  honors  of  his  class. 

GERTRUDE  P.  CLIXT0N-(UL:M0RE.  -  -  Tavoy,  Biitish  Burma. 

Gertrude  Price  Clinton  was  I»oi'n  December  22.  18(i8,  in  Spriugheld,  111., 
where  her  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools.  Converted  at 
the  age  of  16,  she  united  A\ith  tlie  (^mtral  Baptist  Churcli  of  Springtield.  aiui 
in  188.5  entered  Shurtleft  College,  graduating  in  1889.  During  the  ne.vt  .a  ear  she 
did  some  teaching  and  at  ihe  same  time  pursued  studies  in  the  Theological 

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'w'^^^mm 


1.  Hannah  M.  Van  Hooser,  '88. 

2.  Edward  B.  Pace,  '87. 

3.  Louis  E.  Harrison,  '87. 

4.  William  C.  Hart,  '88. 

5.  Vannie  L.  Draper,  '88. 
(\  Mary  B.  Mitchell,  '88. 
7.   George  E.  Cogliill,  '89, 


PLATE    "G." 

8.  Fuller].  Swift,  '89. 

9.  Miles  B.  Titterington,  '89. 

10.  Anna  B.  Strait-Rail.    89. 

11.  Warren   P.  Clark,  '88. 

12.  A.  Frank  Byarlay,  'i>o. 

13.  Jennie  E.  Hulbert,  '89. 

14.  Louise  Fuller-Searles,  '90. 


15.  Emma  P.  Van  Hooser,  '90. 

16.  Emma  Wood-Gibson,  "87. 

17.  Mary  W.   Merriani,  '90. 

18.  John  V.  Campbell,  "90. 

19.  Fannie  E.  Williams,  '90. 

20.  Arthur  C.  Smith,  'i>o. 


r>cpartmt'nl  of  SlmrllcIV  C'olh'S*^  iirfparaiiuv  id  iiii<t1iiu  inin  iiiiN>iiiii;ii-y 
work  (in  the  foi'ci^n  licld.  to  which  work  slic  liclirvcd  Coil  h.id  cMllcd  her. 
In  .Inly,  1;S')0,  she  was  niipointcd  by  ihc  American  Itaplist  Missionary  I'nion 
to  assist  Prof,  and  >rrs.  K.  I?.  Koach  in  llicir  work  at  tlic  Itaiilisl  ('olIi';ie  of 
Kan.u^oon.  Rurina,  wht'rc  slu>  iirrivcd  in  N'o\ cnibfr  of  tliai  year. 

On  Marcli  ;>.  IStU.  .Miss  Tlinton  was  married  to  Trof.  I>.ivid  ('.  (Jilinore.  ;. 
gradnate  or  Kotdiester  University  and  also  ;i  ic.ichcr  in  ilic  l:an;roon  I'.aitiisi 
Colleg:e.  For  live  years  tliey  tauirln  almost  com  jmnnisly  in  tliis  collc^'e,  luit 
in  March,  1890,  the  serio.i.-.  illness  of  Mr.  (iilinorc  iicccs-ii.ucd  ;i  rcinrn  in 
America.  Over  a  year  was  sjuMit  in  this  connlry.  and  in  Septemiier.  1^07, 
they  sailed  ajrain  for  Bnrma.  early  in  November  re.Mchini:  Tavoy.  tlic  new 
station  to  which  they  had  liecn  .tppoinicd. 

REV.  .lOIIX  RDCaR  (TRUV.  ....  Pis-.ih.   .Moi-.m  Co. 

■Was  horn  in  Harrison  Co..  Iiid..  .\|)ril  !'.».  ISCO.  rciiiu\  iii;z  to  Mor;::in  Co.. 
lllf,  in  1S7."».  where  he  worked  on  a  larm  nnlil  IssCi.  In  iii:ii  ycni'  he  Itesrai; 
his  study  in  Shurtleff  Collei^e,  with  the  ministry  in  view.  He  Icti  the  C<dle;ie 
in  the  spring  of  l.S!)4,  and  has  since  Ixh'Ii  preachin.ir  in  Cciiir.il  IlliiMis.  Hi'  is 
now  pastor  of  the  rnion  Baptist  Chnrch  near  TisLMli. 

ANDREW  J.   HON  \Tvl>Sn.\.  -  r^uiiNhiiitr.   Cal 

STEPHEN   ALEX.VXHER  IMNN.  I'umcroy.    Wash 

V.TAMES  EDWIN  FANSLER.  .Ban's  Stoic  Macuipiii  Co., 

tMARY  SCOTT  FOSTER.  ....  ,i.;;,si    St.    Lmiis.) 

GEORGE  EDWARD  HHJ..  ....  Kdwardsville. 

Was  horn  in  Madison  Co..  111..  Nnvcmli''r  7.  IMm.  He  ^ladiialcd  in  IS'.K' 
from  Shnrtleff  Coliesre.  and  afliMward  tan.uiit  schiml  and  also  rc.id  law  in  an 
Edwardsville  law  oMlce,  at  len.nth  passinj;  the  exainiiiai  ion  for  entrance  mro 
the  Senior  Class  of  th(>  St.  T.onis  t.aw  Sch.iol.  from  which  he  .:.'radnaled  iu 
1W>2.  In  May.  180-'.  he  was  .idmilie.l  1m  the  Illiimis  bar.  and  h;is  since  pr.ac- 
ticed  his  iirofession  at   l-Mwardsville. 

JOSErillNE  HOl/r.  .--..-  .Mankato.   Minn. 

Teacher  in  lln^  Staii'  .Nonnal  ScIhmiI. 

MANNING   MAYFnOLD-.MclNTVRE.   IMi.  R.  l,:ikeporl.  Cal. 

Was  Itorn  in  (  arlinville.  111.,  afterward  rcinoviML:  wiili  lier  parents  to 
Upper  Alton,  where  siie  attended  Slmrlleff  Cnlle-e  and  iiradnated  with  the 
class  of  ISIHI.  In  IM'O  she  stndit  d  lor  a  lime  ;il  tlie  Saiivenr  Summer  Schoo; 
of  Lans'iasos.  and  also  studied  (ireek  in  Slnirtleff  Collevie  after  uradnation 
from  the  Institution.  In  ISDU'.i;'.  she  was  i  iisi  nidor  in  Cennan  in  liie  Slmri 
lelT  Preparatory  IJei^artnient. 

(;n  May  :'>.  IS!)."!.  sTie  was  married  to  .Mr.  D.ivid  1'.  Mclniyre.  of  tlic  class 
rtf  I8SS.  and  they  have  since  resideil  in  Lakepnrl.  C.il..  where  in  .iddilion  to 
her  domestic  duties  .Mrs.  Mi-lmyre  lias  tauirht  a  larire  private  cl.ass  in  I'rendi. 


tllORACE  JAMES  McFAKLAN.  -  .  .  .  (Upper  Alton.) 

tCLAUDP]     F.      McFAllEAN.  .  .  .  .  .  (Upper     Alton.) 

REV.  MYRON  CLARK  MINER.  -  .  .  .  .  Byron.   Minn. 

AVas  born  at  Monnionth.  111..  .lannary  10.  ISod.  The  family  soon  after  re- 
moved to  Sontlieastern  Minnesota,  and  Myron  S])ent  the  years  of  his  yonth 
in  workinu'  on  the  lionic  farm.  I<'eeling  a  call  to  preaeh.  he  began  the  work 
of  preitaration..  devotin.ii'  two  years  to  study  in  the  Ili.uh  School  of  Austin. 
Minn.  His  health  was  simiewhat  impaired,  and  he  spent  a  considerable 
period  of  tflne  in  Sontli  L»akola.  where  he  organized  several  Sunday  Schools, 
iwo  of  which  have  since  developed  into  Baptist  churches. 

Mr.  ^Miner  entered  Shurtleff  College  in  the  college  year  3884-85,  speeding 
some  four  years  in  tlie  Institution.  Since  his  college  days  he  has  held  pastor- 
ates in  Steele.  N.  1)..  Breckenridge.  Minu..  and  Byron.  Minn.,  the  last  named 
])lace  being  liis  jirc^sent  lield  of  labor. 

SA:MUEL  HO\''r  OLIPHANT.  .  ,  .  .  .  Sherman.  Tex. 

RE^^  .lOHN  BURNETT  REYNOLDS.  -  -        Appleton.  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y. 

T'pon  leaving  Shurtleff  College  in  3S8S  he  went  immediately  to  Kansas  as 
a  missionary,  and  a  year  later  became  pastor  of  the  Emporia  Avenue  Cliurcii, 
Wicnita.  Kan.  After  a  year  in  this  pastorate  he  went  to  Paola,  where  he  was 
successful  in  reuniting  llu'  chui'cli,  was  iloderator  for  two  years  of  the 
Miami  Association,  and  organized  the  young  people  for  associational  B.  Y". 
P.  U.  work. 

m  January.  18'J2.  Mr.  Reynolds  accepted  the  call  of  the  First  Baptisi 
Church  of  Eau  Claire.  \\'is.,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  State.  During  this  pas- 
torate his  cliurrli  built  .-mil  dedicated  the  "Washington  Chapel,  several  milesi 
in  tTie  country,  and  tliis.  Avith  the  Altoona  Chapel  and  East  Eati  Claire  Mis- 
sion, iiroved  ;i  fruitful  I'iehl  of  labor  for  tlie  jtastor  and  his  assistant,  licv.  F. 
W.  KinsU'v.  Tii(>  young  ]K'oi>Ie  of  this  church  also  conducted  two  branch 
Unions.  Mr.  Iicynoins  was  instrnment.-il  in  tlie  fornnition  of  the  Kan  Claire 
A.ssociation,  being  its  first  Moderatoi-.  lie  also  organized  five  associational 
B.  Y.  P.  Unions  in  tli(>  Stale,  and  was  an  active  promoter  of  the  "Boys' 
Brigade"  movement.  In  connection  with  Messrs.  Rickard  and  Adams  he 
started  and  published  for  some  time  "The  Sentinel."  a  Boys'  Brigade  paper. 

In  October,  3894,  he  was  called  to  act  as  a  general  missioniiry  for  the  New 
Y'ork  State  Board,  anil  lias  since  been  eiigjiged  in  this  v.'ork  of  helping  and  en 
coilraging  feeble  churclies. 

OSCAR  A.  SEAGO. Jerseyville. 

REV.  SAMUEL  ROBERT  SKINNER.  ...  -  -         Areola, 

j-BI»HRAIM  ERNEST  SNIDER.  .....  (Carbondale.) 

IDA  STILLEY.  ......  Olena,  Olena  Co.,  Ark. 

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SIKYl.  SWAIX.  l','\y,-r  Ciiy.    ,M .  . 

'l  (  ;ici:tl-   ill    lllc    i'l'ircc    (    l\\     l,;i|>Ilsl    (■nllruc 

ICSTKLTJ-:  .\.  Ai:.\THUS-U(iA('il.  J^r.  K.  I>ivisi..ii  St..  Ih'cMliii-. 

1886-87. 

vT.OnS  S.  r.ACKMAN.  -  -  ((  Miiiilcii.  A rk.' 

^VMCK    KKHJII  T-SOAl'S.  Si.-iiiiUnii.    in    iv.i''.. 

TFiOMAS  .li:i'KrOi:S<»X  CAr.I.ij.  .  i'.-l.iliim.i.  S..ii.mii.!  C...  r.il. 

Aui'iii   S.iii   l'rMiici>i{-.i  Miul   Nnrlli  r.-icilic  li.iilw.i y  ri)iiiii;mv. 

ViOSALTlS  COl.HKK'r.  ImiikI.is.    Ki.lil.nnl   (<,. 

Ki:\'.  .lA.MKS   i;i,l,S\V<un  ii   rooXIItS.  CuHmx.   W.isn. 

\\  MS  hnrn  III  'i'.ili.'rir.  Onciila  Cd..  S.  Y..  ((rinlic,-  17.  ISi'.l.  liclwcfii  tin- 
;)f;rs  (it  si  v(  ii  ;i:i(l  t'lcvtii  lie  \v;is  ciiiploycil  :ii  ,i  cnitdii  mill  al  ("liiitoii.  N.  \. 
Ill  IN'Ti:  liis  |(ar,'iii>  rt  iiicivcn  id  Om-iila.  Kiinx  (  o..  III.,  and  at  ili.-  a^c  ol'  1  )  li- 
was  uviTsiTi-  ill  iiii>  >))iiiniin:  rudiii  of  a  i-nticm  mill  near  Km-k  l-laml.  II" 
al  irrw  arii  (■iiiul'iricil  fur  a  year  a  lar^c  cri'amcry  aiiil  <  lic'sr  ra<i,n_\  at 
(Hitariu.  Ilk.  wiiiMV  li,'  was  ((uncriiil  in  ISMJ  ami  liaplizril  iiihi  \\\r  ICII  iw^lir,- 
ot'  ilic  r.apiisi  rhiii'li.  The  lollowiii.:^-  spiiiiu'  lit'  wrai  ici  llnrnii.  S.  I  >..  ain. 
(  ii.nai^i  (1  ill  wli.'ii  laisinu.  iu'lnir  activr  in  rcliiriniis.  icmiiciamc  ami  ii.iliiica' 
affairs.  llrrc  In-  was  dITcin'iI  ilic  rrMliiliiiimi  iiomiiial  inn  in  liic  Sialf  I,';; 
islati.n'c. 

.Mr.  <■ ili<  ('iiiri-ci  Slinrllcrt   ('(.llc.i:i'  in  llif  lali  ni    issc,.  |nirsiiiii;r  llicdldj.-- 

ical  stmlics.  \\  liih'  ;i  siikIchi  licrr  lit-  siii)|ilic(l  rlnirclu's  in  I'Mwardsvillc 
.\iilmrii,  (Jiranl  abd  r>('ilii.  In  llii"  {'residential  c-;impai.un  <d  19,SS  li(>  .siniiiped 
.^-'an.iiaimiii  Cmmi.v  in  ilu'  inieresi  of  ilie  rrnliihitiim  (■.•iiiilidai  ■  tVir  ilic  Legis- 
lature, speakin.ii'  rre(|m'!iil.\  in  Sprinuiield.  wliere  he  was  siu^n  .a  tier  warn 
called  td  lie  assuei.ile  pasKiy  with  Rev.  (>.  ().  I'li'tclier.  1  >.  1>..  wlilli  spi'eial 
eliar.iii'  (if  missidii  wurk  in  the  cily.  .M'ler  a  ver.v  sm-cessriil  \vdrk  here  he 
i(  sijiiied  td  take  np  ,L;enei-al  'uissinii.iry  work  in  Xdil  hi  .isii  ni  .Mniitana.  si.\ 
iiK^nths  later  reiiidviim-  tn  Laeniuier.  Wash.,  dii  aeeoiint  nf  the  iliniale.  I.e.s.v 
than  I  wd  .\cars"  ser\iee  in  this  plin-e  resulted  in  the  inere.i-e  of  memhership 
Ifdiii  4."!  td  l.".(».  the  ere.-tidii  i>\'  a  lieaiitiliil  chapel  in  the  cdtiniiy  and  a>  liii" 
•i.irsdiiau'e  in  tdwn.  llis  next  lield  nl'  l.ilidr  was  X'icioria.  H.  (".  His  paster. i;( 
in  this  city  was  cut  short  hy  the  chronic  illness  of  one  (d'  his  children.  7d .  > 
('(loiniis  and  family  now  i-emovi  d  In  l-ns  .\ii;.::'les.  ("al..  while  Mr.  ('(lojiiiis. 
in  company  with  Kev.  ( •rson  W.  \li':\t\.  eiijraired  in  evan;:ciisiie  work  in  t)ii- 
tario.  ^^■lnal!a.  In  this  they  w  c  re  very  .successful,  with  the  hjessiiifr  id"  (Jad 
After  some  time  spent  at  I,os  .Vim.dM-,.  Mi.  ('ddtiilis  eiiic'el  iiiti  evamrelisjn 
work  in  K;  stern  WashiimiMi:.  and  tiiiall\-  settled  at  Colfax  .\pril  1.  T'.tri. 
where  he  has  siiic(-  liccn  loc.-ncd. 

Mr.  ('(lonil)s  has  lieeii   very  .liiiv   in   I"..    V.   I'.   \'.   work   in   the   Wesi.       He 
was  at  one  time  ( 'ciivent  ion   rresideiit    in   \\"esterii   W;isliiii;;idii.  and  iidw    tills 

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this  ortico  for  EjisIlth  W;ishiii.a:toii  and  Northern  Idaho.  lie  was  Superintend- 
ent of  the  C.  C.  C.  Assembly  hehl  at  Cliatc-olet.  Ida'ho.  in  .Inly,  1897.  He  is 
Professor  of  Bible  Insti'uction  in  Colfax  College,  and  also  a  Trustee  of  the 
institution.  He  is  Moderator  and  Secretary  for  Foreign  Missions  in  the 
Palonie  Association. 

IHAKRY  Z.   DAA'IS. (Kidgway,   Wis.; 

t.MAKY  A.  DEXISON.  -..--.  a>ivide,  Jefferson  Co.) 

MASO:\  a.  FITZITUdll.  -  -  -  Box  14.'5(],  Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 

Consulting  engineer  for  a  mining  company. 

tL'OUlS  PHILIP  FLAPAUS.  -  -  (Plum  Hill,  Washington  Co.) 

LAURA  <;ONTEBiMAN.  -----  Edwardsville. 

iNIAKK  GOODE.  -----  1241-9  State  St.,  Chicago. 

OHice  of  Indian  Affairs.  Buying  Department. 

REV.  SAMUEL  JOSEPH  (4ItEAR.  -  -  Loveland,  Larimer  Co.,  Colo. 

EVBRPTPT  PEE  (HiBEN.  :si.  D.  -  -  -  -  Carpenter,  Miss. 

t\V ALTER  E.  IRWIN'.  .  .  .  ^  .  .  .        (Jerseyville.) 

SADIE  FIMjLEY  JARRETT.  -  -        1417  Stewart  Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

After  leaving  Shnrtleff  College  she  studied  at  the  Beethoven  Conservatory 
of  Music,  St.  Louis.  ;ind  has  become  an  accomplished  pianist. 

REV.  F.  MARION  JOHNSON.  .  -  -  -  .  Upper  Alton. 

REV.   (iEORGE   W.   KEPPLER.         -  -  -  i'almyra.   Otoe   Co.,   Neb. 

MAE    EMMA    KIRBY.  ------  Jerseyville. 

Completed  tlie  Teachers'  Course  at  Shnrtleff  College  and  has  since  been 
engaged  in  school  teaching. 

HENRY  A.  LYON.  -  -  -        914  Ninth  St.,  N.  E.,    Washington,  D.  C. 

Employe  of  the  (lovernment  Printing  Ottice. 

BriNp:vST   V.   MALTBY.  --....-  Carmi. 

After  leaving  Shtu'tleff  College  in  1890  he  entered  Bryant  iK:  Stratton  Bus- 
■ntss  College,  St.  Louis.  Upon  graduating  from  this  school  he  accepted  a 
position  with  Messrs.  Storms  «fc  Smith,  grain  dealers,  Carmi,  HI.,  and  has  re- 
mained with  them  since. 

DAVID  FLOYD   McINTYRE,   A.  B.  •  Lakeport.   Lake   Co.,   Cal. 

Was  born  in  Lake  C^o.,  Cal.,  April  20,  18CG.  He  entered  the  Junior  Class 
at  Shnrtleff  College  in  September,  188(>,  graduating  in  1888  Avith  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  He  afterward  ptu'sued  law  studies  in  Lakeport,  Cal.,  where  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  jn  1891  and  has  since  practiced  his  profession.  He  wa-y 
District  Attorney  of  Lake  County  in  1893  and  1894. 

On  May  3,  1893,  Mr.  Mclutyre  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Manning 
Mayfleld.  of  Upper  Alton,  111. 

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WILT. 1AM  SA.Mri;i.  MOdKi:.  I'nxliKc  Kxcliiiiiir.-.  Clii.;!-... 

CLYDK  EAUXKST  OSHOKN.   I'm.    It.  Mi.    X.iik.m. 

Tiistnictiir  iii  Science.  .Ml.   \"eriinii   lli.uli  Sclmul. 

MALCOLM   CILl'.i:!:!'   i'(t>\ DLL.  ....  L.iiili.iiii.    .\.'1>. 

HAURY  ('Li:.M)i:.\l.\    Ui:V.\(>Ll>S.  .\.  i;.  S.m   l-|;mci>.i..  C.il. 

WILLIA.M  FUi:i»LI{I(K   i;i<   11.  Zeiiul.i.i.  S.iii^r.iiiMiM  Cm. 

JOHN  .iri>s().\"  KOAL'ji.  .\.  n..  ll.  i;.  ...       aihui-.i.  .xd. 

Wa.'*  horn  nr  (iii'anl.  111.,  .1  niu.iry  l.».  ISTu.  His  lather.  ]Uv.  \\.  ( '.  Knadi, 
i.s  a  Bapti.st  niiiiistei'.  He  eiiier(  il  SlniiilelT  Culle-c  in  Sepieintier.  issc.  aud 
after  st'veral  inlerrupiinis  id  his  cdiirse.  maduaicil  in  isii:',.  He  then  siu<lieii 
la\v  in  the  Law  Schools  ol  Washington  Iniversiiy.  Si.  Lmiis.  ami  .Noiih 
western  Fniversily.  Kvanshtn.  Hi.,  irradiiatin.ii  frojn  liie  laiier  in  Ls't.'i  and 
praetieiiiir  his  jjrolession  in  Ko(k  Hlninl.  111.,  nnlil  l''clnnary,  ISIKS.  when  In 
removed  to  Aurora.  Xeh. 

HAlililK'rr    SrOVILLK-LoLHK.  -  -  -  Ipper    Alien. 

JOUDAX    ErOEXL    SI:(;KA\ES.  llayne.s.    Jersey    Co. 

KDWAUl)  AVIT/SOX  SHAKl'. 'Iliayer.   Kan. 

EDITH    LILIAX    STEEL. Hillslx.ro.    Mo. 

UEV.  .lOIIX  I'.  STYLES.  ....        niil  T(.wer  Hole!.  ( •]nca;,'o. 

CHARLES  CAMI'I'.ELl.    T.M.r.oTT.  -         -         -         Saline  .Mines.  tJ.dlalin  Co. 

He  was  horn  at  Sliawneet>twu.  111.,  in  1S<>T.     Entered  Shnrileri"  CoUe^re  in 
ISSti,  reniainin.u:     for  two  years,     afterward     spending  some     tinn-  in  simly  at 
M'abash  Collej^e.  Crawfordsvilh'.  Ind.     He  is  now  operaiin.ir  a  small  coal  miii 
near  Saline  Mines,  111. 

FITZ  \VAIIREN  THOMI'SOX.  A.  1'...  LL.  I'..  -  Salin.is.   ,\I..nlerey  Co..  Cal. 

Was  born  in  iKs  .Moines,  la..  Ocioher  •_'(!.  Lsc.T.  lie  lived  m  his  naiive  Stale 
until  18S;->,  when  witli  his  piU'ents  he  removed  lo  L;ikei:nri.  Cal.  In  l.^.sc,  he 
entered  ShurtlefC  Coileiic  .:;raduaiinv:  from  tin-  classical  conrse  in  is;i(i.  Twf. 
years  later  he  jrradualed  from  tlie  Iowa  Slate  rniversity  .ii  Ii)w;i  City,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  .ii.d  praciic(>d  in  thai  ciiy  for  a  year.  In  \S'M  !i,.  ,•,■- 
moved  to  Lakeport.  Cal..  where  he  coiiiinned  to  practice  his  pr(d"ession  nnii! 
1S!>T.  when  lie  accepted  the  position  of  mana.irer  of  the  Bneiia  Visla  Land  and 
Fruit  Company  s  extensive  (ncliard  and  ranch  near  Salinas. 

Mr.  Thompson  is  an  e.xcellent  cornetist.  He  ))layed  with  the  low.i  Stair 
Rand  at  the  Midwinter  Fair  in  San   Francisco. 

JAMES  TELLIER  TOWEY.  .M.   1'.  ...  Covin-ton.   Ind 

Was  born  in  Cincinnati.  «)..  .Line  J7.   is.".i».       His   father  died,  leaving'   the 

family  in  destiture  circnmstam-cs.  and  at   the  ajre  of  seven  .lames  was  itl;ice(i 

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in  au  orphan  asylum  at  Ciiicinuati,  where  he  remaiut'd  for  tAvo  jears.  He 
was  then  boiiiul  out  to  a  farmer  named  Isaac  Asbury,  residing  in  Tarlv  Co.. 
ind.  At  the  aye  of  1.")  young  Towey  enlisted  in  Company  H,  of  the  TAventy- 
tifth  Ind.  Vol.  Infantry,  serving  under  Capt.  S.  Boyer  and  participating  in 
Sherman's  great  ^larch  to  th-e  Sea.  After  about  a  year  of  actual  service  he 
returned  to  his  former  employer.  He  went  to  school  for  a  time,  and,  giving 
up  tarm  work,  engaged  in  school  leaching  at  the  age  of  17.  He  continued  to 
teach  for  eight  years  and  then  entered  the  Indiana  Medical  College  at  In- 
dianapolis, graduating  in  187$),  and  practicing  his  profession  until  1S8G.  li; 
(hat  year  he  removed  to  Ipper  Alton,  111.,  and  spent  eighteen  months  in  the 
study  of  theology  and  the  classics  at  Shurtleff  College.  Since  leaving  Shurl- 
leff  he  practiced  medicine  for  some  time  at  Muncie,  111.,  and  in  the  fall  ol 
1897  removed  to  Covington,  Ind. 

Dr.  Towey  Avas  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Ross  in  1877.  They  have  one 
daughter.  Bertha,  18  years  old. 

JOHN  THOMAS  WHITLOCK,  A.  B.,  :\I.   D.  -  -  Dlx,  Jefferson   Co. 

Graduated  from  Shurtleff  College  Avitli  the  class  of  1887;  from  ^Missouri 
Medical  College  in  188!>.     Xoav  practising  liis  ])rofession   in   Dix,   111. 

IDA   MAY   WKiHTMAN-KEYNOLDS.  .  .  .  .  M.idison. 

After  leaving  Shurtlpff  College  slie  studied  sliorlhaud  and  tyix'Avriting.  and 
afterward  tauiiht  ihese  brandies  for  a  number  of  years. 

On  July  14,  189t),  she  Avas  married  to  Mr.  Joseph  C.  Heynolds,  an  employe 
of  the  St.  Douis  Merchants"  Bridge  iV:  Terminal  Railroad  Association.  Their 
present  home  is  in  Madison.  111. 

iREV.   REASON  WILEY.  .  .  -  .  .  (Westfield.^ 

1887-88. 

MINNIE  BERTHA  BARTLETT.  -  -  -  Dt-ihi. 

Teaching  school  at  Otteiville,  111. 

OLIVE     C.     BULKLEY.  .------  Jacksonville. 

FRANK  HUGH  BONDURANT.  .  .  -  -  .  Norfolk,  Va. 

Employe  of  The  Norfolk.  Beach  and  SoullKri!  Railroad  Co. 

REV.  JAMES  THOMAS  BRO\\N.  .  .  .  .  iMucKucyviilc. 

Pastor  First  Bajif.st  Cluiri-li. 

PERCY   L.   CATLETT.  _-.-.-  Fainiioiiiii. 

FANNIE  D ARROW-OAKLAND.  -  -  C.'m  (icrdon  St..  Chicago. 

'tZADIE  DONALDSON.  ------  (Fpiwi'   Alton.. 

FREDERICK  MARSHALL   EDWARDS.    JvL.    B.  -  -  Del'n. 

After  leaA'ing  Shurtleff  College  he  entered  the  Gem  City  Business  Culiege. 

Quincy,  111.,  from  AA'hich  he  graduated.    After  reading  laAV  in  Jerseyville,  111., 

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f'ov  a  year  lie  cutoicil  tlu-  I,:i\v  1  icparinicnt  n(  WiLsliinutoii  riiivcrsii.v.  Si. 
Louis.  .Mo.,  jrratlu.iiiii^  i.i  .liiiu'.  is;i7.  liaviii.i,'  licfii  ailiiiili.-il  l.i  ilic  liar  -i. 
Fi'bni.ii-y  of  lliai  year,     ilf  is  soon  in  ciiirr  ii|iii,i  ihc  pi-.n-i  ice  ui'  liis  iirnl'i'ssjou. 

i.Al-KKNS  i:.\()S.  M.  I».  ;;i.-,  .\.  .M.,iii  .-^i..   l),.,;itiw. 

t.ioiix  m:\vt(>.\  k[nk.  (Wiu.ii.'si.T., 

KLI.IS  ^\.   ii.\l»IiIS.  .  .  \i\„u. 

I'l'dprirtDi-  .Miiiii  Sti'.iiu  l,.ciniiliy. 

JA.Ml.S  CLOl'TOX  (;.\||.:s.                           -  I.ak.'  City,   Colo. 

.Maua,ircr  "I.aUc  Ciiy   D.nly  'riiiirs." 

.IKSSIK  OI.IVK  (JOXTKU.MA.N.  K.hv  anisviili-. 

MAri>E  K.  IIAIfKISS-KKOWX.  i;,l\^  .inlsvilli*. 

LOriK   1:I>.n:KR   il.MiUlSO.N.  |i,i   (^imin. 

NATHAXIKJ,  •]•.  H1-:AT(1X.  lu.l    HhiiV,   c.u. 
After  Icaviiiii'  smirllcCl'    Coiif:;.'  nc  ri'inou'd     lo  C.iiiii.nii.i.    ;iii,|   li.is    .siiici- 
hiMMi  sncrcssrully  (■ii;;;mMl   in  iioi-l  icai!  iiiT. 

LorisE  K.  iii:Kr;-()iM'KxuiX(;.  si.  i,,.uis.  Mo. 

iCKCllJA    TT(>r,!..\l{l).  -  -  -  (.M.'ivillc.' 

TKKESA  AXX  .lOKSTI  X< ;.  IMic,  S.  C.'Iii.t  Si..   I'.ln.niiiii.i,'ioii. 

1  .TAMKS    KKWAIJI)    LK.MAU.  C|  1  A  \  I  iJ.KIJN  I  l.i.i;. 

KKV.  WILLI A.\I  W.  LLWIS  (\iil.!\  ill.-.  S.  I*. 

t.IK-f5SK   II.    -Mri'ClIlOLL.  ....  (C.iiii.'nt.'iM 

MILI»KEI>  -MOliltlSS.  -  -  St.iiioii  .\.  K.iiisas  City.  Mo. 

ALWIXK   L.    MLKLLKIi-.MH.OW  i-.v.  .  .  .         Ipp.,-   aIioi; 

^^i.ss  .Muelh'i-  was  iinni  in  Si.   Louis.  .Mo..  sp(Mit   Hirer    years  in    <  Jeriiiauy. 

and  rheii  eaiiie  lo  Iiiper  Alton,   ill.,  wiiere  .^lie  liiiislied  tlie  course  in  ilu'  jtMi- 

lio  sehool.      Afier  sixMidiii^ij;  a   (Miisideralile  lime  in  stady  at   llie  Collej;e  slie 

entered  tin;  Sluirtien   Seluxd  of  .Music,  and  in   LViH   wa.s  one  of  tlie  first   two 

graduates  in  vocal  music.     'I'iie  next  suniiiier  was  sitent  in  travel  in  (Jerinany. 

I'lioii  luH"  return  she  was  married     to  Mr.  Charles     K.   .Me.nowen.  an      Ipjier 

Alton  merchant. 

KBV.  KDWAItn  P.LXXKI  r  I'.VCi:.   I'h.   i;.  -  <;r:inrs   r.i>s,  <Me. 

Was  l)oi-n  at  Wiuchesii'r.  III..  .M.inli  1."..  1S7I.  niiiliiiu  with  ilii'  I*.a]ttisi 
Cinirch  al  tlie  a;re  of  l.'l.  When  !.">  yc;irs  u\t\  iie  irr.idiialed  from  ilie  Wiiiches- 
Cnr  Hiffh  School,  enlered  Shunleff  Colle.i,^e  in  LVSd  and  i:i-.idiiaiei|  in  1>'.il!.  Hi 
*hen  entered  tlv  Soinie'ri!  i'.;i]in<i  'i'hc  diuic.il  Seinin.ai'y  .-ii  i'^imisville.  Ky., 
where  he  remained  for  l  w  o  ye.ir-^.  II.'  h.is  liecn  ii.-isinr  ol  the  ll;ipn<i 
chnrciies  in  Mc.Miniiville.  On*.,  ronieroy.   Wash.,  and  (Jrant'.'c  Tass,  Ore..   (Im 

I  Please    luile    Mr.    Leinai's   in/i/rrss   is   in    C.M'IT.M.S       Ilii'.    si^n  (Iisliii(»iii>-li(-    H-  .s    ii..iia,,i^    tin 
majority  of  wliotii  ire  enrolled  at  the  end  of  this  Roster. 

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last  being  his  present  field  of  labor.     He  has  been  temporarily  engaged  in 
evangelistic  work  on  one  of  the  "chapel  cars."     Mr.  Pace  was  for  some  time 
Moderator  of  the  Southern  Oregon  Baptist  Association. 
rt-BDITH    C.    SCOTT.  .......  (OlLvillon.) 

REV.  JACOB  RILEY  SPAINHOLFR.  -  -  ,  .         Mnncie. 

HUGH  STEEL.  -  .  .  -  .  .  Hillsboro,    Mo. 

FRANK   EVERETT    STELLE.  .---..  l>elhi. 

.  JENNIE  MAY  STELLE.  ----...  Delhi. 

REV.  JOHN  BEDFORD  WEBB.  .  -  .  -  UPPER  ALTON. 

ANNA  ELIZABETH  AVEMPEN,  A.  B.  -  -  -  -  Alton. 

Teacher  in  the  Upper  Alton  pnblic  schools. 
MARY  ALICE  AVHITESIDE.  -----  Edwardsville. 

HENRY"  HARRISON   WILLOUGHBY.  -  .  -  -  Hillsboro. 

After  leaving  Shnrtieft'  College  he  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1896.      Is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession' at  Hillsboro,  111. 
Deputy  Sheriff  of  Montgomery  County.    City  Attorney  for  the  town  of  Hills- 
boro. 
EMMA  WOOD-GIBSON.  -----        Franklin,  Morgan  Co. 

1888-89. 

GEOIKJE   EVERETT  ANDERSON. I'eoria. 

REV.  WEBLEY  JOSHUA  BEAVEN,  A.  B.,  B.  D.        -         -        Cramer  Hill,  N.  J. 

Graduated  at  Shurtleff  College  with  first  honors  of  the  class  of  1894. 
Afterward  spent  one  j-ear  in  study  at  the  Sotithern  Baptist  Theological  Sem- 
inary, Louisville.  Ky.,  and  two  years  at  Crozer  Seminary,  Chester,  Pa.,  grad- 
uating in  1897,  and  entering  ujion  tlie  pastorate  of  tlie  First  Baptist  Church. 
Camden,  N.  J. 

REV.   El.IJAH   OLIVER   BUTLER.  -  .  -  -  Stonington. 

FANNIE  CARSTENS-AATLLLAMS.  -  -  .  -  .  Danvihe. 

CORINNP:    CATLET^-.  -  -  -  -  -  -  Fairmount. 

REV.  HOWARD  R.  CHAPMAN,  A.  B.,  B.  I).  -  4.52  Genesee  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Was  born  in  Rockford,  III..  September  10,  1808.  Two  years  later  his  family 
removed  to  Hoopeston,  111.,  where  Howard's  boyhood  was  spent  on  his  father's 
farm,  attending  the  country  schools  in  ihe  winter  seasons.  He  was  converted 
at  the  age  of  l«i,  and  was  called  of  God  to  preach  the  Gospel.  He  entered 
Shurtleff  College  in  1888,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1894.  During  the  latter 
part  of  his  college  course  he  preached  at  Woodburn.  111.,  where  he  was  pastor 
from  February.  189o,  until  Septendier,  1894,  when  he  entered  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary,  Rochester.  N.  Y.,  graduating  in  1897. 

Mr.  Chapman  was  married  on  June  9,  1897,  to  Miss  Mamie  Carr,  of  Galatia, 

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111.     Sciiii'ialuT  7.  lS!t7,  Ii(>  was  orihiiiK'd  ;ii  lidt'licsitr.  wIkm-c  Im-  is  iiuw  jiiislor 
of  the  Stmlli  HnjMist  Ciiincli. 

REV.   WAKTvEN    TLEASAN"!'  CI. A  UK.  Aslil.tii-i. 

Was  horn  lU'ar  IV'ti-rshiir;;.  III..  .March  1.  l.sci.     ImrjiiK  his  hoyliood  lir  ai 
temlod  the  I\'ttM-si)iiry;  Ili.uh  Sch'ool.     At  llu'  a;,'f  ut  IS  he  was  coiivt'i-ItMl.  unit 
ins  with     tho  Hai)list     ("liuich.       In   IS.S4  ho  was  niarrlod     to  .Miss  .\iina      li. 
Alkiie,  and  in  I.S'.n   was  ordained  to  tlic  (;osi)rI  ministry.     Atli'inlrd  Slmiilcr!' 
Collt'se  in  18S!>-'."t(i. 

Mr.  Chtrk  lu'Id  pastor.itcs  in  Wavcily  and  Orion.  III.,  hclorc  scitlinj;  at 
Ashland,  where  he  is  now  pastor  of  the  Haplist  ("hnrrli. 

.lOII.X  WALLER  ("(XJIIILL.  -  .  .  .  K...s<.\  illr.    W.nivn    Ci. 

After  leavinsj:  Shnrtleff  ('ollf.u:('  he  lan.iihl   for  five  years,  and  then  en;,':i;ie(i 

in  farminf?  and  stock  raisin.u'.  wliicli  has  been  his  oci-npation  ever  since.       Iii 

ISO;?  he  was     married     to  Miss     I'lu-lie     .lane  Ilustioi       Tlii'v  have  two     little 

dauirliters. 

HARUT    WINFIELl)    COLEAN. .lersey ville. 

♦REV.  JAMES  ALHERT  CORXELIIS.  -  -  Seneca.   L.iS.ille  Co. 

REV.   LUTHER  CORY.  .  .  .  .  .  School.    W  hiie  Co. 

VANNIE   LORE'rrA    DRAl'ER.             -                         .            .  .         M.ilvern.    Ark. 

I  ELLA  LLOYD  EXCJLISH. ( H.iriH'lt.. 

REV.  WILLL\:M  HARVEY  FULLER.  A.  i;.       -  -       Momen<-e.  KaidiaUee  Co. 

Was  born  near  Lake  (Jeneva.  Wis..  .Inly  2.'}.  ISCT.  His  I)oyhood  was  spent 
in  farm  work  and  attendance  at  the  connlry  school.  At  the  a.i:e  of  14  he  en- 
tered the  Lake  (Geneva  Hiirh  Scliool.  .m-adnatini.;'  fonr  yeai's  Liter.  I>nrin.u' 
these  four  years  younfr  Fnller  had  been  oliliueii  to  depiMid  .-ilniosi  entirely 
upon  himself  for  support,  doini;  farm  work  in  ilie  snninier  time.  .Vfii'r  two 
years  spent  in  teaching::  district  schools,  hi'  heard  of  Old  SluuMlell"  -t  iiron.i.'li 
his  brother.  Rev.  H.  E.  Fuller,  of  Belleville.  III.  Arrivinj;  at  I'ltjier  Alton  in 
the  fall  of  ISSS  for  a  course  of  study  in  the  Institnlion.  he  fonnd  his  way  t<j 
President  Kendrick.  who  took  lum  into  his  own  honu"  luiiil  perm.-im'iit  (piar 
ters  could  lie  secured.  Mr.  I'uller  ui'adualed  .-il  last  wiili  llie  ureal  d.'iss  of 
1891,  and  five  days  later  was  nniled  in  m;irri.iire  by  I  »r.  Kendrick  to  .Miss 
Gertrude  E.  Wise,  of  Maplewood.  a  St.  Lonis  snbiirli.  'I'iiey  ii.ive  a  son.  Sid- 
ney \Vi.se  Fuller,  abont  a  year  old. 

For  over  a  year  Mr.  Fuller  was  i);istnr;il  siiiiply  of  the  .M.iplew  ood  r>:iiitist 
Chuix-h  (St.  Louis),  and  was  there  ordained  in  .May.  lS;i.*i.  In  Sei)tember.  IS'.Ci. 
he  took  ui>  his  residence  in  Chicairo.  imrsninu'  iheoloiric.il  sindies  at  the  Divin- 
ity School  of  the  T.  of  C.  and  (i(<u|iyin,i;  the  pnlpil  of  iJie  .Maplewood  Rai)tist 
Churcli,  ("hicago.  until  Septendicr.  l.s'.tT.  when'  he  a<'ceided  tin-  '"ill  of  the 
Momence  Baptist  Church,  of  wliidi  lie  is  still  pastor. 

.TOII.X    FRAXKLIX  (HLLHA.M.    I'll.    T...    P..    L.  Edw.irdsville. 

Was  liorn  March  4.  ISTti.  at  Wanda.   Madison  Co..   III.     ICnierinj;  Shnrtleft 

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College  in  1887,  he  graduated  in  1802,  being  salutatorian  of  his  class.  Aftt^v 
completing  a  two  years'  course  at  the  Law  School  of  A\'asliingr(iu  I'liiversity, 
St.  Ijouis,  Mo.,  he  spent  some  time  in  the  law  office  of  Mills  i*^  Flitcraft  in 
that  city,  and  finally  engaged  indepeuth'ntly  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Ed- 
wardsville. 

JOHN   WILLIA:M    GKAY.  .  -  .  -  .  Morrisonville. 

Merchant. 
■     WILLIAM  WASHINGTON  (JKKEXK.  -  -  -         .       IPPEII  ALTON. 

REV.  ALBERT   T.    GRIFFITH,    .M.    1  ►.  -  -  -  -  Ingraham. 

f.lACOB   MORGAN    HARRIS.  -  -  -  (Steeleville.    Randolph    Co.) 

ELLA   HARRISON-HUNDLEY.  .  -  .  .  .  Garhondale. 

After   leaving    Shurtleff    Miss    liarrisou    sindJcd    itiusic    and    kindergarten 

work  in  Cliicago,  coin])leting   the  cotn'se  at   the   Gliicago  Free   Kindergarten. 

She  then  taught  fnr  r,  time  ;ii   ("l;ic;igo  ;ind  alsii  in  Carhondale.  111.     She  was 

married  to  Mr.  Hundlc.v  Ociohci-  7.  iS<»7. 

WILLIAM  CARROLL  HART.  .  -  -  .  Fianklin.  ^Morgan  Co. 

Was  boi'U  in   Franklin,   111..   .\o\i'mli<M'  17.   ISiili,  eldest   son  of   Rev.   George 

HArt,   a    Kai)tisl    minister.      During   his   (>;irly    yonlh    lie   /ittended    the   i)ul)lic 

school   of   J'-ranklin.    and   .'it    the   age   nf   twenty-oiu'   entered    Shui'tleff.      Since 

leaving  college  he  has  been  a  successftd  farmer. 

:Mr.   Hart  W!is  miuried  nt   Fraiddin,   111.,   August  2S.    ISIU,    ro   Miss   Matiie 
Fanning. 
MARGARET  E.  IIAin'SOCK-HARRIS.        HoO  Cleveland  Ave.,   East   St.  Louis. 
EVA     HUME.  ......  Arkansas     City,     Ark. 

ARTHUR  ISAAC  KELLY.  ...._.  Stone  Fort. 

Dealer  in  hardware,  stoves  and  fuinitui'c. 
tESTHER     BELLE     LAURIE.  .....  (.Licksnnvine.) 

MARY  ANNA  LIVERMORE.  ....  'irnro.  X.  S. 

Daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Silas  Liverniore,  was  Ixirn  in  T'hiladelphia  in 
1804.  When  quite  young  she  c:ime  ^^'est  with  her  parents,  and,  after  living 
in  St.  Lotus  for  sever.al  .vears.  rliey  removed  to  Shelh.vville,  111.  ^Uss  Livc't- 
more  completed  the  course  in  the  Shelliyvilh'  i)ulilic  sclnxils.  attiunhHl  Wi  st- 
ern Female  Seminary,  O.xford,  ()..  for  two  .vears,  ;in(l  then  entered  the 
Freshman  Class  of  Shurtleff  ("uliege.  Soon  after  her  cnnversion  she  felt 
herself  called  to  be  a  foreign  missionary,  ;ind  was  twice  accepted  by  '  he 
Forei.gn  Missionai-y  Board,  but  each  time  iier  physician  ])ronounced  her 
physically  unable  to  engage  in  this  work. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  in  isOli  slie  wmit  to  New  York  City  ;ind  scn-ved  as 
assistant  pastor  and  (dnirch  missiiniary  (d'  ilie  ll(p])e  Baptist  Cliurcli:  after- 
ward serving  the  :\Iemorial  I?ai)tist  (.'hurch  of  Philadelphia  for  two  y(\ars  in 
the  same  capacity.     In  order  to  more  thoroughly  tit  herself  for  hei'  work  she 

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PLATH   "II. 


1.  Anna  M.  Voiiii^^-Best.    yo. 

2.  barali  N.  Wyckott-Treadway,   yo. 

3.  Helen  L.  Young,   yo. 

4.  Herman  O    Kirij;.    yi. 

5.  Aaron  J.  Smith,    yo. 

f>.  Jerome  Campbell,  'yi. 

7.  Christian  A.  IChrli.itiil.  02. 


«.    Mav  A.  Kntleili;e.    yi. 
y.   VViiliam  M.  CoRhill.  '92. 

10.  M.  Lonise  Hardwick,  'yi. 

11.  Daisy  Teinplin,  '90, 

12.  Marshall  \V.  Weir,  Jr.,  'yo. 

i.l.   Mamie  O.  '"arr-Cliapinan,  'yz. 
14.   Roberta  Can  Tliompsiui,  'yj. 


11.  A. Idle  II    W.itts,    yt. 

16.  Stella  Hartforcl.  'yv 

17.  Burton  ]■..  Clittonl.  '92. 
iM.   Harriet  E.  RobinRS,  '92. 

19.  Eva  J.  Conn-Hoiinner,  '91. 

20.  CUr.i  W.  Eleck,  '93. 


took  a  yoar's  study  in  Crozcr  Tlu'olo^rlcal  SiMiiinary.  an<l  was  for  a.  short 
tliiH>  a  student  in  tlio  Divinity  Sciiool  of  Ciiica^jo  rnivcrsity,  wlicnco  siic  went 
to  Boston  iind  laliorod  Idi-  two  yoars  as  missionary  of  tiii'  Hufitjlt's  Strec^C 
iiaptist  f'luiicli.  In  IS'.iT  .she  roniovt-d  to  Nova  Scotui,  where  she  is  still  eu- 
jliifXod    in   cliiir.ii    worl;. 

EDWIN    EVEltETT    M.-KI.WIK.  -  1S()(!    S.    Ttli    St..    SprinRHcld. 

MAKY  BROWN  MITCHEI.I..  .  .  .       Bcix  117."..  San  Jose.  Cal. 

I'pou   leaving   SlutrtlelT.    in    ISSlt.   slie   went    to   California,   and   ^niduated 

from   the   Talifornia   Scliool   of   Minliods.   at    San   .lose,    in   .June.    1Si»4,   .since- 

wliieli  time  slie  lias  lieen  attively  enma^^ed  in  lvinder;rarten  work.     She  taiijrht 

for  three  years  in  a  [irivate  scIkmiI  ai   Waisunville,  Cal. 

JAMES    ASBriiV    PA  I. M  Kit.    A.    li.  -  -  Ti.per    Alton. 

Graduated  in  .hine.  IS'.tT,  .md  li;is  snice  lieeii  teacliini,'  l)i)ukkeei)iny  in 
Shurtleff  Collej^e,  Business  DcpMil  iiieui. 

NELLIE  GOLDSMITH  SCOTT.  I'll.  B.  ....       Payson. 

(Graduated  from  Shurtleff  with  liie  class  of  l.M»4.  .nnd  was  during  18!>4-5 
Assistant  Principal  of  tlie  I'j.iicr  Alton   IIii;ii  Scliool. 

KEV.  JOSEPH  STIRMLlNtJEK.  Ja.Uson.   .Mo. 

Was  born  in  Lincoln  Co.,  .Mo.,  .huie  ^^\.  isiio.  He  was  convened  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two.  and  five  years  later  was  licensed  to  jtreach.  After  study- 
ing for  a  time  at  McCune  College,  Louisiana,  .Mo..  Sliurtlelf  College  and  the 
Southern  B;;^)tist  Theological  Seminary  at  Louisville,  he  held  the  Baptist 
pastorate  of  Talmage,  Neb.,  for  two  years,  and  that  of  Alexandria.  Nel).,  for 
one  year.  In  lSi)7  he  was  pastor  at  St.  Charles.  .Mo.,  and  has  recenily  laUcn 
charge  of  the  chiu'ch  at  Jackson. 

Mr.  Stiriulinger  was  married  in  .\iiril.  iv.t.">.  lo  Miss  IMlie  Ingram,  of  Pike 
Co.,    Mo. 

LUCY  UNDERWOOD,  .  .  .  .  .  Garden    City,    Mo. 

WILLIAM     MOSES     UNDERWOOD.  Garden     City,  Mo. 

HANNAH     :MAY     VAN  HOOSER,  ^VvhU  City,   .Mo. 

Teacher  of  vocal  music. 

LULI'  WALTKR-NKVLIX.  - l'l)per   Alton. 

1889-90. 

rJEN.VINGS    ARNOLD.  -  tSpringlield  i 

MARY    ARNOLD-BALLOU.  ....  Si)ringli.'ld 

LMACJGIE    CATHERINE    BARBER.  ...  (Mexic...     Mo.i 

ELEANOR   CAPPS. Chicago. 

Music  teacher. 

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ANNA  H.   ALIvIRE-CLARK. Asliland. 

G'EORGE  ELLETT  COGHILL,  A.  B.  -  KiO  E.  Coal  Ave.,  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 
Was  born  in  WasJiinston  County,  ill..  March  17,  1872.  Hi.--,  early  years 
were  spt'ut  upon  liis  t"aiii('r''<  Tarni.  lie  entered  SliurtlelT  in  the  fall  of  1S8!), 
but  left  in  the  fall  of  IS'.d  fur  I'.rown  L'niversit.\ .  I'rovidence.  11.  1..  where 
he  entered  as  a  j ardor,  .ni-aduiatin.i;-  with  the  class  of  1890.  In  Brown  he  "\va« 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  Tau  0)nega  fraternity,  member  of  tlie  Symphony 
Society  and  "Hamuuer  and  Tongs"  (dramatic).  He  was  also  one  of  the  com- 
mencement,  speakers. 

Mr.  Coghill  is  at  present  siiidying  the  biological  sciences  under  Prof.  C.  I.. 
Herrick,  and  teaching  in  tlie  rni\:i'rsity  of  New  .Mexico,  at  Albuciuerque. 

ANNA     LEILA     COOK.  ......  Vinita,    I.    T. 

.TOIIX  HE:MPHILL  COCLTI;!!,  A.   B..  LL.  B.  -  803  Rookery,  Chicago. 

^^'as  born  at  :\l;irissa.  111.,  .ianuary  17.  ls7o.  Received  academic 
education  at  Af.irissa  AcaiUuny,  lieing  valedictorian  of  the  class  of  1889.  He 
tijtered  Shurtleff  .is  Ereshuuni  in  the  fall  of  1889,  graduating  In  1893.  lii 
June,  189r>,  he  completed  the  course  in  the  Chicago  College  of  Law,  and  has 
since  been  practicing  his  pi'ofession  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

CHARLES  L.  DUXCA.X.  -  -  -      .lohnston  City,  Williamson  County. 

Merchant. 

CHARLES  L.   FLANDERS.  -  .  .  .  -  .  Havana. 

Local  editor  of  "The  Havana  Republican." 

REV.     WILLIAM     JOSEPH  (4AITHER.  _  .  -  .  Palmyra. 

SELONIUS  E.  GIDEON.  -  -  .  _  .  Corsicana,  Tex 

REV.  WALTER  IIIRA.M  HARRISS.  A.  B.  -  -  -         Du  Quoin. 

Was  born  at  I'inckneyville.  111..  November  2."),  1871.  After  taking  a  pre- 
l)-rati)ry  course'  at  EwJng  College.  Ewing.  111.,  he  entered  Shurtleft',  graduat- 
ing in  1S9(),  and,  aflcr  the  lapse  of  a  year,  entered  the  class  of  1900  In 
K.-clii  ster  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  is  still  pursuing  his  studies. 

Mr.  Harriss  did  consideralile  iireacliing  during  his  course  of  study  at 
Shurtleff.  his  lirst  pastorate  iiaving  been  at  Marissa,  111.,  from  December, 
1893.  until  September.  1897.  Since  1891  he  has  l)een  a  Prohibitionist,  support- 
ing the  party  by  voice  and  vote.  During  his  term  as  Vice-President  of  the 
Illinois  B.  Y.  I'.  V.  he  served  as  B.  Y.  P.  U.  editor  of  "The  Baptist  News," 
of   Du   Ouoin. 

REV.  ISA.VC  STEE.X  HICKS. Mattoon. 

JENNIE   ELIZABETH   HULBERT.  .  .  .  -  .  Nokomis. 

MAMIE  J.  ISAACS.  .-.-..  New  Douglas. 

EDWARD  C.  JAMES,  JR. Upper  Alton, 

Y'ard  superintendent  of  the  Equitable  Powder  Manufacturing  Co. 

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tEl>WAKI»    UrsSKI.I.  .lOHNSON.  ...  (Sprin^'CH-lil.i 

LICV    AI.ICi:    KKNDKICK.  Wclislcr   Cn.v.-s.    .Mo. 

KEV.    'I\    II.\Kl.i:V      M.MtSII.      A.    I'..  ri'l'lli:    AI/l»t.\. 

Since  u'r:i(liKiIii(ii  :il    Sliiirlli'lT.    in   .lime.    IS'.tT.    he   luis   Im'cii  i'Ii^m^ciI   in    liic 

stiiily  of  (Ji-ft'lv  Ml    tin-   liisiitiitioii.   .11    the  s.imi-   liiiit-  liliiiiic  tin*  pulpit   of  Iin' 

('arlinvilic  r..ipi  i~;i  ( 'luiiili. 

.   ADoi.rms  (;()i:iM).\  .\ii/,i;ij..  .\.  i;..  .\i    i».  .         .       sihii.vviii.-. 

Wms  lioi-ii  ii'-;ii-  .M.irioii.  Willi.iiiisn!!  Ci...  111..  .Inly  PJ.  IsTl.  lie  .11  i.-mli'.l 
tlic  ((nnnnni  schools  until  sixicrn  vcmts  of  .•i;,^c,  iiiid  tlicn  spcni  uvi-r  .-i  yi:ir 
;it  Kwinu;  ("ollcKf.  Kwin.u.  111.  lOnlci'cd  SlnirtlctT  in  llic  fail  of  1  s>  •  :inii 
;;r;tt)u:it('(l  in  IS'.M.  On  tlic  luisis  of  llic  conip;ir;ilivc  pfcliinin;iry  tf.iinin;,', 
In*  fcccivcil  ;i  scli;tl;irslii)>  Mt  the  (■liic;iu:n  Ciillciic  of  IMiysiciMiis  and  Snr;;cons. 
ffoni  wliicli  instil  III  imi  lie  ur.-iiln.iicil  in  .VjM-il.  l.*-!iT.  lie  \\;is  niie  uf  t  lie  fonnii 
I'fs  and  for  two  yc.irs  one  of  llie  piililisliers  of  the  "I*.  iV  S.  I'le.xns."  ;i  medical 
journal  issued  liy  the  Culleue  of  riiysicians  and  Surgeons. 

.Mf.  Mizell  was  inaiTied  on  .Noveintiei-  4.  is;»7.  to  Miss  Cora  Conn,  of  Sliei 
ityville.  111.,  ami  lias  since  been  enira.u'i  d  in  the  pi-aclice  nf  his  itnd'essiiii  at 
Humboldt.  Cules  Co..  and  Shelliyville. 

ELLA  IH'MrUKKY  .MOKSi:.  .".Nil    l.oks  ni  Ave.  Cliica-o. 

EBE.X   T()1>M.\.\    I'AilE.  Leeds.    .\.    1  >. 

.TA?»fES  (J  KEEN  LEAF   KEY.XOl.l  S.  ....  .lonesluu-o. 

''(;i:OK(n<:    EIXJAU    UOHEUTS.  ....       Hcrrlns    rrairi'.'. 

tBEKTILV   M.    UrsiL  -  -  ....  .  (I'.-rry.i 

MAE    SANXEIt-BUHTOX.  ....-.-       Wdudl.iirn. 

JOILN   WILLIAM  SKIXXKK.  ....  Ar.  ol.i. 

FL'AXK   S'I'EVEXSOX.  Woudmnn. 

ANX.V      1'..      S'rKArr-K.\I>I,.  -"."M    W     <'" si..    Tyler.    Tex. 

1;E\".    IMI.I.EK  .1011  X  S\\ll'r.  Cohinil.ns.    Ind. 

Was  liorn  in  o'l'alloii.  Hi.,  l-'ehrn.ary  1.'..  ISCP.  His  f:iiiier.  Ke\ .  .l.iiii  W. 
Swift,  was  ;i  L.-ijilist  niiiiisiei-.  The  family  removed  to  Missouri  when  l^'uller 
was  hut  a  ye.ir  old.  .iiid  lliei-e  his  ymilii  was  speiil  in  alti'iidance  at  the  puii- 
lie  sclioois  ;iiia  also  ;it  Uii'  old  M oiil --omery  City  Cidleu'c.  I,e.i\iii;r  the  latter 
witlxii'l  ,i:r;idu,!liii,L;-.  he  taie;h!  in  :i  <in.i:in.u:  schnd  ami  was  als  1  ie.acher  of  a 
d  =  stricl  scliool  for  .1  year,  when  lie  w.is  called  lo  Hh-  position  i«f  siiperinli-nd 
tnt  of  llle  IMlldic  Schools  of  Xew  I'lorcllce.  Mo.,  wliich  p,.siii..n  he  lilled  ac 
eepfalily    for  one   ye.ir.    Ihoii-h    lie    wa-    Imi    s,.veiilcen.      Iniriii::    this   year   al 

Xe-w    Florence  lie  li.id  com iiceil  pnacliin.i;-.  ami  at  the  end  of  that   li av;i- 

caJled  to  serve  tliechiiiclics  ,ii  S.ilem  and  Licking',  in  Southern  .Missiuiri.  In  ;i 
little  over  a  year  lie  resimied  from  this  work  to  become  a  student  in  Sliurtleff 
Colle.iii'.  at  ilie  same  lime  aciim,'  .is  pastoral  supitly  for  the  Baptist  Church  at 
Bunker  Hill.   111. 

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After  leaving  Sliiutlert'  .Mr.  Swil'i  was  married  to  Mrs.  Ora  Bi'imiette  Ilub- 
lianl.  of  Carthaue,  .Mo.,  and  to.^ciliei'  tliey  attended  the  Theological  Seminary, 
at  .Morgan  I'arU,  111.,  afrerward  sn'dying  for  a  time  in  the  Divinity  School  of 
the  University  of  Chicago.     While  jjursning  his  theological  studies  -Mr.  Sw.ft 
supijlied  the  pulpit  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Minonk.  111.,  and  w;.s  there 
ordained  to  the  woi-k  of  the  ministry.    He  was  also  assistant  pastor  at  the  Calva- 
ry Baptist  Church,  of  Chicago.  Upon  leaving  the  Divinity  School  he  accepted  the 
pastorate  of  tlie 'Centnilia  illl.i  l!a])tisl  Church,  wliere  he  served  for  one  year, 
in  1X9."   lieing  i-alled  to  Columitus,  Ind..  where  he  is  still  located  as  pastor. 
IIOWAKD  (^VliUS    riL'I'ON.  A.  H..   Ph.  B.  UV,  William  St..   Providence,  H.  I. 

Was  horn  in  Elrod,  Kipley  Co.,  Ind..  January  2tJ,  1S70.     ('ame  to  ShurtlefT 
in  1881).  graduating  with  the  class  of  ISO.j.     He  was  tlien  tutor  for  a  year  in 
tlie   Siiurtleff   College   Academy,   and    lias   since   been   teaching   and   pursuing 
special  post-gradua'te  studies  in  Brown  University    Providence,  U.  I. 

Mr.  Tilton  was  married  on  tlie  Mist  of  August,  1897,  to  Miss  Tamar  Scott, 
of  Paj'son.  111. 
.MILES   BKOXSON  n'l'rTEHlN(;TO.\,    M.   D.  -  -  Hardin,   Calhoun   Co. 

After  leaving  Shurtleff  Cullege    iu  1891,  without  graduating,  he  entered  the 
College  of  Ptiyslcians  and   Surgeons  at    Cliicago,    \\iiere  lie   attended   for  one 
.vear,   being  then  oltliged   1o  suspend   liis  studies  for  two  ye;irs.      Ue-entering. 
he  at  lengtli   comi)leted    the  course,    March  I2(i,   189(>. 

.Mr.  Titterington  ^\as  ui.-irried  February  (>,  1894,  to  Miss  Clara  E.   Webster, 
of  Upper  Alton.     He  is  now  engaged  in  his  professi(ni  at  Hardin,  111.,  wliere 
he  iias  built  up  an  extensive  country  practice. 
.lOH.X   REUBE.X  UNDERWOOD.  .....  Carrolltoii, 

Foreman  Jol)   i  )ei»;irtineiit   ■"Cjirfolltun   Patriot."  , 

NORMAN  WALTRIP.  ......  (ireenheld. 

Real  estate,  loans  :iiid  insurance. 
MARY    E.    WHEELOCK.  --.-...  Alton. 

Teacher  of  music. 
ALTA  IRENE  WIDLIAMS.  .  .  .  .  .  Pinckneyville. 

ANNA  E.  WILLIAMS-MARLOW.  -  ...  Pinckneyville. 

GRiACE  T.   WILSON-BIRD.  ....  Madison,   Wis. 

1890-91. 

rEDLA  M.  BROCKMAN.  -----  St.  Louis.   Mo. 

AARON  FRANK  BYARLAY.  ......  Roseville. 

Was  born  in  Roseville,  111..  IMarch  24,  1870.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  com- 
pleted the  coiu-se  in  the  Roseville  High  School,  and  a  year  later  attended 
Monmouth  College  for  a  short  time,  afterward  spending  a  year  at  Shurtleff. 
Since  his  college  days  ^Nlr.  Byarlay  has  been  Assistant  Postmaster  at  his  home 
town,  and  is  at  present  devoting  himself  to  farming. 


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JOHN   TOUN(i   CAMl'liKLL.  ( Ir.ilinii. 

COllV    K.    roNX-.MIZHLL.  Sli.'lliy vili.-. 

SAMIKI,    (JDOllCl-:    COOK.  lA  V  1-(»UVI  LI.K. 

1M:\.      IIKKI'.KKT      L.      DKUi;.  .I.Ts.-yvillc. 

lilOX.IA.MIN    rOLEMAX    DUKE.  -                                                   .M..iiiii..nili. 

FKAXK  MAKIOX  FRUSH.  A.  B.  -  -  ICiinxvillt-.   luwa 

Attended  the  public  school  of  his  nativt  town.  Knox vilic.  I.i..  .nid  ^nadnau'd 
theivfroin  in  1SS4.  The  next  six  yeafs  wefe  spent  in  farmin;:  and  sclnml 
teaeliinsr.  In  the  fall  of  IMXi  lie  came  to  Slmrtleft  C-ilh  u'e.  -radnatiiiu;  w.tl: 
the  class  of  1S!H;.  Mr.  Fnisii  is  at  jirescnt  Deputy  CUvk  of  tiif  District  ronr: 
of   Marion   County,    la. 

LOriSE  FFLLElt  SEAULKS. D.-lavaii.  \Vi^ 

'  CYRUS     M.     GILSOX. Knoxvill.-.     la 

•  JOHN  E.  GILSON. Knoxvilie.  la 

JOHN   OLIVER   GUTHRIE.  liAYM(»XD. 

THOMAS    A.    .lOirXSOX.  .  -  -  .  .  .  Allon. 

OLIVER   a.    LEXXIXG. Uppi-r   Alt..n. 

MARY    WHITE     MERRIAM. Atlanta 

Was  horn  in  TazeA\  ell  County.  111.    Her  early  education  was  received  in  tlit- 
district  schools  and  the  Atlanta  Ilijih  School,  from  whicli  she  j,'raduated   i;; 
]88(J.     The  next   two  years   were  spent  at   Almira  CoUejje.    Greenville.    111., 
studying  mi;sic.     Miss  Merriain  then  taujrht  school  for  two  years  and  in  the 
fall  of  1800  entered  Shurtleff  Colleire.  where  she  reniaiin^d  until  the  Christina!" 
holidays  of  180.S.  since  whir-h  lime  sli(>  has  been  teachimr  in  the  public  schnnis 
of  Alianfa  and  actively  euuas'ii.ir  in  <'hurch  work. 
•WILLIAM  M.  MULBERRY.  .  .  .  .  VcMiice.  Auirusl  14.  isiM;. 

WILLIAM  SaXFORD  XEEDLFS.  .....  R<K.dh..iisc 

*E.M.MA  FAY  PACE.  .......  Upper  Alton. 

Daughter  of  .Mr.  .1.  D.  I'.ue,  was  born  near  Cerro  (iordo.  111.,  and  removed 
with  her  parents  to  Ui(i)er  .Vlton.  where  she  attended  Shurt'.efl'  College.     Her 
death  occurred  February  <>,  1S'.»4.  in  the  midst  of  lier  frcslini.-in  ye.ir. 
tULYSSES  SAMUEL  PIXKERTOX.  .....  (Herdan.i 

tJOIIX   HENRY  REED  ...  -  .  (Jersey ville., 

NELLIE  SANNER. -  Wo..dbnrn. 

ORLISTUS  B.  SHEIRRY.  ....  Cn-.il  S|»rings. 

REV.  AARON  J.  SMITH.  ....  r.nd.i.  "Bureau  Co. 

Was  Iwrn  in  Kew;i.iu'<'.  HI..  OctolxT  :>.  ISC.I.  In  his  early  ye.irs  he  at- 
tended district  school  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  \\  the  age  nf  tifteeii 
he  was  converted  and  bapli7A'd  in  Spoon  River.     At  lifiicn  lie  taught  a  conn- 

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try  school.  When  he  Avas  twenty-four  years  ohl  he  entered  the  Northwestern 
Normail,  of  Geueseo,  111.,  where  he  remained  for  nearly  three  years  and  was 
lir-ensed  to  preach.  He  was  married  on  August  29,  1889.  to  Miss  Ha.ttie  G, 
Shephard,  of  Buda,  111.,  and  ]\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Smith  soon  afterward  entered  Shurr- 
leff  College,  Avhere  they  remained  for  over  two  years.  During  this  time  Mr. 
Smith  supplied  rhe  pulpits  of  seA'eral  ehui'ches  in  the  vicinity  of  Upp<'r  Alton. 
He  was  ordained  December  2(>,  ISlMi.  Since  his  college  days  lie  has  lu-ld  pas- 
torates at  Graymont  and  Fittsficjld.  111.,  and  Centerville,  la. 

On  account  of  failing  health  Mr.  Smith  was  at  last  ol)liged  to  retire  from 
the  ministry  for  a  liine.  anil  in  the  fall  of  1897  erected  a  greenhouse  and  took 
charge  of  a  fruit  farm  at  Buda.  III.  ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  Smith  have  a  son  and  a 
daughter. 

HATTIE  (i.  SHEPHARD-SMITH.  ---...  Buda. 

ARTHUR  CARROLL  f^MlTH.  -  -  .  -  .       Pinckneyville. 

HOSEA  HARRISS  STRAIT.  -  -  211  N.  Third  St..  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Employe  St.  Louis  Printers"  Supply  Co. 

ARTHUR  BRAMLBT  SWAIN.  .....      peirce  City,  Mo. 

CHARLES     K.     SWAIN. UPPER     ALTON. 

DAISY  TBMPLIN.  .......  Upper  Alton. 

CLINTON  U.  TRl'E.  -  -         5837  Von  Yersen  Ave..  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Since  leaving  SuurtlefL  he  has  lieen  engaged  in  tlie  study  of  mechanical 
engineering  at  Wa.shington  T'niversity.  St.  Louis. 

EM:MA  p.  YAN  HOOSP:r.  -  4535  Cote  Brilliante  Ave..  St.  Louis. 

MARSHALL  W.  WEIIt.  JR.  .  .  .  .  .  Belleville. 

FANNIE    EMBLINE    WILLIAMS.    Ph.    B.  -  -  -  Upper    Alton. 

Graduated  fr";r  Shurtleff  College  in  1897.  Teatluu-  in  I'pper  Alton  public 
schools.  1897-8. 

ELIZABP]TH     C.     W1LS0N-:M0SS.  -  -  -  Albion.  EdAvards  Co. 

SARAH  N.  WYCKOFE-TREADWAY.  .....  Yirden. 

ANNA     :M.     YOUNG-BEST.  ......  Edinburg. 

HELEN  L.  YOUNCJ.  ....---      Nokomis. 

Daughter  of  .lames  Young  was  liorn  near  Nokomis.  111.  She  spent  tAA'o 
years  in  study  in  Uie  Music  and  Art  Department  of  Shurtleff  College,  and  lias 
.since  resided  in  Nokomis  with   her  parents. 

1891-92. 

EUGENE   CHESTER  ANGELL.  .  .  .  .  Good   Will.    S.   D. 

Teacher  in  an  Indian  school. 
REY.   ROBERT   ELMORE   BUliT.  .....  Falrtield. 

REY.   JEROME    CAMPBELL.  ....  Woonsocket.    S.    D. 

Pastor  First  Baptist  Church. 

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CIIAin.KS   F.   ("LAKIDCK. 

Si-ll(inl     tcMclMT. 

KVA  .1.  CONN  i'.(ii.i\(;i:i:. 

*KK\'.   IIIKA.M    AI'.KAM   (  (»  U  M  :i  .1  I   S. 
t.MAKV   .1.    I»A\  IS. 


N'irdni. 

S1i«'11p.v\  illf. 

I  W  rlliii.iil.    I:i.l    IHcil   Ml    l-;.is|    Allnii. 

irii|M'|-     Allnll.l 


riU)l\  VICTOU  LKltOV   DIKK.  A.  H.  -  .Momiioiiili 

(^;i;i(lii.il('il  li'Mii  SliurlU'lT  Collcjii'  in  .hiii.'.  IS'.tT.     rruffssor  ol'  .Mjitliciii.ilic: 
ill    SlmrlJctr.    1N'.)7-S. 


.liTscyvillc 

W(HK|i(llr;l. 

;r>2l   W.  ('hcslinii  SI..  St.  Lmiis.  .Mo. 

Merrill 

Mt-nii! 

Aiilmrii 

ArcolM 

.M.M(. 


(iKACH    ENOS.  -  . 

•(JERTKinE  SAK.Ml   I'lCOSl'. 
HAUL  LKKOY  iiVlK. 
Mcdicil   .^tudciil. 
.    GKOKCJE     W.     IlAKDWrrK. 
.MARY    I.onSK    1I.\K1)\VI('K 
-    AKTIITK     ALHEKT     IIAKT. 
VEIIXOX  V.  IIAKTFOUL). 
GEOIvGE  HBNUY  IIEI.MKAMl'. 

Siiidcnt  in   IIiM-iuy  Medical  ColU'.no.  CliicafKi.   111. 
IIKV.  IIALIMI  AY.  IIOHI'.S.  A.  K.,  K.  I>.     -     VAM;  llu.irhill   Ave.  \Y.  Sup.  rinr.  \Yi>. 
Graduated  li(Hii  Sliurtlen'  with  class  of  IS'M,  and  fi-oin  tlie  l>iviiiily  Scliooi 
of  tlK'  T'niversity  (d'  ('liica,i:ii  in  IS'.tT.      I'.astor  of   tlie  First    T.aiHisi    Clnircli. 
\Y','sr    SuMci'ior.    \Yis. 

ARCHIKALI>  I.  .JONES.  r.niiil.uii. 

Stndcni  at  Ewiiii::  ("ollc.iif. 

CIIAKLES    .TONES.  M.iiissa. 

tHEKMAX  OTTO   KIN*;.  ......  il'onliac.i 

P:LIZAKET11  MAKSII.MJ.   FAI   KIE.  ....  .Fuk.sniivUlc. 

WILLIAM    WASIIIX(rT()N     FEE.  ...  Wliiiciiall. 

l-'niit   farnici'  and  iioulliy  dealer. 

ROSE  .MAY   MIFFER.   I'll.   H.  Allen. 

("raduated  troii:  SliurilelT  in  llie  class  of  lS!t."..  .-nid  lias  since  lieeii  a  le.iclier 
in  'tlie  .Mliui  Hi.uli   School. 
AFOIS   O.    M()N"I'.\<;.  .....  .Melrose.    >Fiiii 

111  ilie  employ  (d'  liie  ( I  rca  I    .Xoi'lheni   Raili-oad. 
KEY.  \Y1FF1A.M   ROl'.Y  Ni;\Y.\F\X.  ...  W.ikelield.   K.i< 

tALYIX  ro\YFESS.  .....  iFpi-ei-   .Mioii.i 

MAY  A.    itl'IFFlxJE.  ...  .\llon. 


341 


TAMAK  I).  SCOTT-TILTOX,  Ph.  P..  -  176  William  .St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Graduated  from   Sliurtleft'  College  in   1895.   and   afterward  taught  in  the 

Baptist  College  at  Memphis,  Teun.     On  August  ol,  1S!)7,  she  was  married  to 

Mr.  H.  C.  Tilton,  also  of  the  class  of  1895. 

REV.  LAFAYETTE  L.  STIERW.ILT.  -  .  .  .  .  Anna. 

LIZZIE     MAY     TITTERINGTOX.  -  -  .  .  .  Kewanee. 

Teacher  of  elocution. 
.L^MES  B.  TRUE.  JR.  -  -  5S37   Von  Versen  Ave.,   St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Student  at  Washing-ton  University. 
-MARY  VINA  WAKELAND.  ------        Hoopeston. 

ADDIE  HARRIET  WATTS.  -------       Alton. 

Missionary  in  Monterey  and  San  Luis  Potosi,  Mexico,  1897. 
CHARLES  HENRY  WEEKS.  -  -  Livingston  Farms,  Melville,  N.  I ». 

OSCAR  YARNELL.   M.   I).  .  .  -  -  Cerro  Gordo,   Piatt   Co, 

1892-93. 

.lOHN   IIIRSH  ADDYMAN.  -  -  -  -  Leed.s,   England. 

JOHN  COOLING  ANDERSON.  -  -  -  .  .  U]iper  Alton. 

REA-.     BARNABAS     E.    ANTROBUS.  -  -  .  -  :NLui(hester. 

LEVI     HENRY     BARLOW.  -----  Christine.   S.   D. 

School  teacher. 
ALV.M  IE  ETTA  BONN  ELL.  --..-.         Up])er  Alton. 

RICHARI)  RUSSELL  BUCKLES.  -  .  -  .  -  Newbern. 

MA:\IIE  O.  CARR-CHAPMAN.  -  4.12  Genesee  St.,  Itochester,  N.  Y. 

ROBERTA  CARR-THO.MPSON.  -----        Decatur.  Tex. 

REV.      (HLBBRT     W.      CLAXON.  -  -  -  Arthur.    Moultrie    Co. 

BITRTON  E.  CLIFFORD.  -  -  l.Ki:.  Title  and  Trust  Building,  Chicago. 

Was  liorn  in  ^Mercer  Co.,  111..   ^Iny  7,   187.";.     At  the  age  of  twenty  ho  en- 
tered  Shurtleff"  College,   and  afterward   .graduated   from   Bnrlin.gton   Colleg;-. 
Burlin.gton,   la.     He  then  pursued  a  course  of  studies  at  tlie  TTuiversity  of 
Chicago,  and  lias  since  been  engaged  in  leg;il  worlc  in  Chicago. 
-fEUGENE  F.  CLINE.  --.....-  (Pana.i 

WILTJAM  HAWES  (H)GHILL.  -  lu9  E.  Coal  Ave.,  Albu(iuer(nje.  N.  :M. 

Attended  Shurtleff  (College  during  the  years  1892-3  and  1893-4;  then,  after 

teachin.g  school  for  two  years,  re-entered  with  the  class  of  19(10.     Noav  in  tlie 

enijdoy  of  the  Ali>U(|uer(iue    Land  and  Irrigation  Company. 

EDWARD  J.  COOK.  -------  Taylorville. 

Sehool  teacher. 
FRANCES     ELIZABETH     COULTER.  -  -  .  -  MARISSA. 

342 


LOItA   .\MA.\I».\    hAKKoW.  ( »' l\ill<.ii. 

JEKOMK   Vor.Nc;    Kl>\\Ai:i>S.  I'..;isiuu.   ('Ml. 

Ajrout  Soutlit'in  I'.icilic  Unilw.iy. 
CHRISTIAN    AI»AM    KI I  KI I  A  KI  •  l".  -  .\,.w    Y<.rk    H;ill.    Kdiiisvill.'.    K\ 

Studenl,  SoiiiIkmii   l'>,iiitisi    riiciilnjric.il   Sciiiiii;iry. 
.IKNMI-:    lOTHKUIXcnON  SCOT  r.  Sliilnli.    Si.    n;iir    C... 

(TyAKA   M.  I'I:NTTV.  .  .  .  .  .  .  K;iii<'. 

WINIFUKI)   l-'KOSr.  -  .  -  .  W.Mp.llMiiii 

tCHAKLES    WILLIAM     IIAKKIS.  ....  (.Xrwh.rn.. 

OSCAK  .lOIIXSO.X.  ....  iijd:;   i;.   Kldi.r.Ml..  St..   Ii.'.jiini. 

WILLIAM    E.    KELLEY.  ...  .  -  Alt.ni. 

MAKTLX    E.    .MAN(J.  ....  .  Miiumk. 

VIOLA    MAKTIX-LAM  r.EKT.  ....  CriHrii.l.'ii. 

tllOSE  MITCHELL.  ....  iSpriimfn'M.    Mn.i 

JI'DSOX  WILIUK  MOX  l(;(>.Mi;i;V.  .....  Ail.iiit:i. 

RKV.    FKAXKLIX    ('U.\KLKS    UN  .\  I'SI< »( 'K.  rijiiiili.'lil.    \Vi>. 

rnstor  First  Uiiplist  Climcli. 
IIAKKIET  ELSIE  ROHIXCS.  .....  !',ii>:lii.iii. 

Scliool  toaclicr. 

TII(>^L\s  F.  sniLossLi:.         ......        r.mr.i.  Xfi«. 

tJAMES  ITtAXKLlX  SECKAN  KS.  ....  (XcwImtii.i 

AjNNIE  F.   still.  ..-..-■  FitiMT    Alton. 

■fLOT'ISE   STI'K(;E(>X.  ...-.-  (SI.    Lniiis.    Mo.i 

FLORA   E.  TILTOX. II'I'KK   .\LI<>X. 

CLARA    HELL    V.\X    IIOOSEII.  ....  LFPEK    .\L'I(>X. 

MA'BJIL  WHITAKEK.  ......  SuiimuTticlil. 

FLORA  HELLE  WILSOX.  ...-.--       .Mcilnni. 

ScliooI  ti'.-U'licr. 

EDWARD    X.    \\IXI»SOK.  R<Hulli(»USi>. 

WILLIAM   ZIEBOLD.  ...---  Rc.l   Uii.l 

^^"ith  (J.  Zii'liold  A:  Soli.  Hour  ni;:inil';icnin'r.>;. 

1893-94. 

SAMIEL   K.\/Lnr   r.rcKXHLL.            ...             -  E.isi    SI.    Louis. 

-Assistant  in  Hh'  I'osiollicr  at  tin-  Xatioiial  Stock  V.-irils. 

LILIAN    CARI{.  Calalia. 

.  M.\R10X    E.    CL.MtK. Kirksvillc.    Mo. 

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MARY  E.  COF'FEE-MOOIIE. -        Wnodlmrn. 

CLARA  WILH?:'L.MIXA  FLECK.  .  .  -  .  .  Xokoniis. 

W;is  1)01-11  in  St.  Louis.  Aio.,  ;iiul  ar  tlie  au'e  of  tivo  rvMiiovcil  with  her  pa- 
rent.s  to  Xokomis.  111.,  wbero  she  attended  tJie  pnblic  schools  until  18!»L  In 
that  year  she  entered  the  Music  and  Art  Department  of  Shurtleff  College.  In 
the  sprin.iT  of  1S'n4  she  I'eturned  lionie.  and  lias  since  been  teadiins  music  in 
Nokoniis. 

tMARY  HART.  - (Alton.) 

STELIyA  irARTKOIU).  I'll.   P..  -  -  -  _  -  Areola. 

(Jradnated  from  Shnrtlefl'  in  JS!»7,  and  has  been  teacliin.::-  si-liool  at  Lever- 
ett.    111. 
MAMIE    HILDEr.KAXD.  .  -  -  .  . 

JOHX   ERXEST   IIOHLIT.  -  -  . 

Instructor  in  the  Peirce  City  P)aptist  College. 
JESSE  v.  .lOXES.  .  .  -  . 

JACOB   KESIXCJEK.  -  .  -  .  . 

ELSIE  MAY  MAX(;E.  ..... 

EFFIE     WIXIFPKI*     MARSH.  .  -  .  . 

MAIHA  .M.    McCORMlCK.  ..... 

LUTIE  y.  l»OPE-AVEEKS.  .  .  .  .  . 

tCORA    GERTRUDE     RICHARDSOX. 
AVALTER  A.  SITTHERLIX.  -  -  - 

GEORCE   TOMLIXSOX.  .... 

ARCHER  ALEX AXDER  WA(H:LE^' 

Physical  director  of  the  Covin  .ton  Y.  M.  C  A. 
REV.  CYRILS  AV.  AVP]BR.  .  -  - 

Pastor  First   Baptist   Clinrcli. 
JAMES     B.     YOHAXXAX.  ... 

Studemt  in  Rochester  T'lie'clocical  Seminary. 


1894-95. 

XELLIE  BFCKXELL-HALE. 
tSARAH  :may  CARSOX. 

REV.    LYMAX    HARVEY    COFFMAX. 
Pastor  First  Baptist  Church. 

BLAXCH   MABEL  DUKE. 
tCHARLES    lOADS.  .  .  .  . 

ELIZABETH   EA'A   EHRHARDT. 


Alton. 
Peirce    Cit.v.    Mo. 

Raymond. 

AVrishtsville. 

Iligiilanh. 

I'PPER     ALTCX 

UPPER   ALTOX. 

Alton. 

(Pleasant     Pla.as.j 

Rus.sellville.    Ind. 

Alio  1. 

Covington,  Ky. 

Vinieu. 

IJocliester.    X.    V. 


Hoopestoii. 
(Hillslioro.i 
Roodiionse. 

413   S.   Main   St.,    Monmouth. 

(Girard.) 

[/13   Couri    St..   Pekiu. 


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1.  Jesse  V.  Jones,  '93. 

2.  Blanch  M.  Duke,  •<J4- 

3  Arthur  C.  Hodgson,  '94- 

4  Elsie  M.Manee,  '93- 

5.  Edward  E.  Gulick.  94- 

6.  Louisa  J.  Ross,  •94. 

7.  Ethel  M.  Huitt,  •94- 


PLATE  "1." 

,s.  Mai  la  Koliinson,   yd. 

9.  Edith  C.  Mills, '95. 

10.  Dora  Berciter,  '95. 

11.  Elnora  Bereiter.  '95- 

12.  Ered  W.  Carstens,   >/'. 

13.  Otillie  Carson,  '95- 

14.  James  B.  Vohannan.  '')i- 


15.  Waller  A.  Sulherlin,   93. 
i().  Joseph  Stamper,  '94. 

17.  Cyrus  W.  Webb,  '91 

18.  Audrey  A.  Todii.  '95. 

19.  Edythe  M.  Roberts.  '95 

20.  Daisie  V.  Rice,  '94 


FRANK  FLAXDEKS.  ......  .-pp.-r  .\lln;i. 

REV.  EDW.XUI)  K.  (ai.ICK.   li.   D.  -  liiii»  \V.  Cliiinli  St..   Cliiiiniiai^ii. 

fJr.uluMli'il  fidiii  Slmnh'IT  iii  ISDT.  and  has  siucr  liccii  i-ii^rau'rii  in  t'vaii;,'t'l 
isth'  work. 

SAI.EIF    ('I..VUK    II  Ai;ii\\ KK.  ...  MIMtKITT. 

REV.   AKTIirU  r.    HOIXJSOX.  CdT    lliinl   St..    La    Sall^-. 

^^■as  bom  in  Ivniiisioii-mi-'ruaiiir-  t'liiiiiiy  oi'  Sui'ii'v.  Ki'.;;lanil.  .I;:iiiiar.v  1. 
18G(5.  He  was  cdnviM'tcd  at  llic  i-.tic  of  ciulilccii.  aiiii  liapli/.cil  i-'chniary  li'J. 
ISSi").  into  tli(>  iVllowsliij)  of  Hnii.van  Hai)tisi  Clinnli.  Kin;;ston-on-'l'hann's. 
Was  ono  of  the  charter  nicnihcrs  of  ihc  Hnnyan  ("haiicl  Yonn;:  Men's  'I'laininj: 
Class.  His  tirsi  aitcniiii  .ii  pnlilic  siic.ikini:  w.is  ;ii  an  oi)i'n-air  nn'ciini:  in 
liis  native  rown.  .Mardi  '21.  iss;.     I  irvui  inu-  liis  life  \n  the  Linspel  ministry,  lie 

took   a   eoitfse   of   f]lenloi:ic-,ll    study    In    IJverponl.    l';ilt:land.    Whel'e    he    was   lalef 

ordained  and  iiidd  iiis  tlrst  jiastorate.  In  the  fall  of  ism  ji..  cnne  lo  .\nierie;i 
and  made  a  hee-line  for  Slinrtleff  CoUejie.  .\fier  a  season  of  snidy  at  this 
institntion.  he  aeeei)ied  the  eall  of  the  Baptist  ("hiireli  ;it  ('layioa.  III.  nn 
July  1.  ISDT.  he  resijined  his  pastorate  v.t  riayton  and  went  to  l.a  Salle,  wheit 
he  lias  since  been  pastoi'  of  the   {''irst    Baptist   <'hnreii. 

On  Aiisrnst  2:'.,  1S!»7.  .Mr.  Hod-sDn  was  married  to  .Miss  Flora  Birket;.  of 
I'eoria.   111. 

ETIIKL     M.W     urn  r.  -.-...  ri.i.er  Alton. 

ELIZA  AX.X  .lOIlXSOX.  .-..-.  riij.er  .Vlioii. 

WALTER  EKXEST  LI-OYl).  .  .  .  .  I'riiieeton.  Kas. 

LILLlE  1.  <)VLVTT-('(JX. Vermont. 

EVA  VIOLET  I'OWLESS.  ......  liiixr  .\lion. 

-MARY  LFCY  FRKE.  ...  .  .  .  .  i  Alton. • 

DAISIE   VIIUJIXIA   RICE. Ipi-er   .\lion. 

LOnS.V   .F.\XE   ROSS.  -  -  -  -        •     -  -  -  -       l»elhi. 

JOSEl'U    ST.V.Ml'ER.  .--.....  Alton 

With   R.  ^I.  Stamp. -r  in   real  estate  and  loan  Imsiness. 

BERTHA    STROIH.  .....  II'I'IIR   Al.ToX. 

DORA  STRorO.  .......  I  ri'KR  Ai.rox. 

WALTER   E.    rilO.M.VS.  -..-.-  Carrolllon. 

LEOXARh   ('.     PKKXT.  -  -  -  -  CoKltoXW. 

1895-96. 

BERT     R..     BARRY.  -  ...  R..odhonse. 

ABSALOM    ALEXAXDER    BIOX  IM  i;i.l  >.  M  II.W  .\  L  K  I'.E.    WIS. 

DORA  V.    BEREITER.  ...  I,.,   .>;.,||<-. 

347 


ELNORA  BEREITER. La  Salle. 

.    HERBERT  ALBERT  BROWNING. Barnett. 

OTILLIE     CARSON.  -----  Ramsey.     Fayette     Co. 

Teaelier  in  Fayette  County  i)ul)lie  schools. 

JOSEPH   A.    D ARROW. cr Fallon. 

t  RHYS  DAVIPIS.  --------         (Danville.) 

LEON    DERR.  --------  Jerseyville. 

CHAUNCEY  S.  DICKHUT.  ------  Quincy. 

Instructor  in  penmanship  in  the  Gem  City  Business  College. 


ROSCOE.BARNET  FAVORIGIIT. 
CLARA  MAY  FELTON. 
tFxVNNIE     FERN     HOWELL. 
EDWARD  LESTER  ,L\.MES. 
WILLIAM   LEANDER   KESIXGER. 
ANNA   MILLER   LONG. 
REV.   LESIvIE   F.    MILFORD. 
EDITH  CYNTHIA  MILLS 
AMOS     DELANEY     MOSCRII'. 
BERTHA  I'EARL  OSBORN. 
WILLIAM    EDWARD   RAFFETY. 
WILLIA:*I    THOMAS    RICHARDSON,    A.    B. 


MILWAUKEE,   WIS. 

-H.V)  Lan,t,'ley  Ave.,  Chicago. 

(I'aris.) 

LITCHFIELD. 

Upper  Alton. 

North   Alton. 

Upper   Alton. 

242.">  First  St..  San  Diego,  Cal. 

ITrPER     ALTON. 

UPPER  ALTON. 

ROODHO!fSE. 

Rochester,    N.   Y. 


Graduated  from  Shurtleft"  in  ISIMJ.     Instructor  in  Alton  High  School,  1S.X5-7. 
Student  at  Rochester  Theological  Seminary,  1S97-S. 
EDYTHE  MORTON  ROBERTS.  -  .  .  .  .  Carrollton. 

JAMBS  A.   STARiCWE-\THER.  -  -  -  .  DI VERNON. 

AUDREY    ADAIR    TODD.  .  -  .  -  .  ST.    LOUIS,    MO. 

BOSCOE  S.  WALLACE.  -----  -  Aurora. 


1896-97. 

NBLLE  BARKER.  ...  - 

REV.  FRED  WESLEY  CARSTENS. 
OLIVE     BLANCHE     CHRISTY. 


CARTHAGE. 

Litchfielu. 
UPPER  ALTON. 


'WILLIAM  WESLEY  COMBS. 
EDNA  EARL  CONN. 
BREESE    GLASS. 
ANNIE     CLARA    GOODWIN. 


WASHINGTON,  PA.     Died  in  I  pper  Alton. 

SHELBYVILLE. 

EDWARDSVILLE. 

Bunker     Hill. 


348 


OS(\\li  BKXTOX  IIKSS.  ....  II.  i tick. 

GEOIUJE  IIIOKUIX.  ....  .  MT.    VKKNON. 

JOAN  Ol.ni-:   IIOP.SO.N. l|.|,.r  Allnii. 

DAVID      .lOIIXSOX. II.nninoiHl. 

SIDNEY    OKVAL   .lOMOS.  ....  .  .  MIVONK. 

WILLIAM   H.   IMtA.NKLIX    I()M:S.  -  -  -  W  ASI I  L\  <  IIO  \.   I'A. 

ZOA  VIOLA   KELLEY. n.:nini<uii,    Ky. 

OLA  KATIIERIXE  LlVEU.MOKi;.  -  -  I   I'I'KK   ALI'ON. 

FREDEIMCK  EUORNE  LYNCH.  ( ;ivriniri.l. 

iir(Jii  orixcY  iMouToN.         -         -  .  .  .\K\\   i-.ruNsiDi:. 

EALMAXLEL  TAYXE.  -  -  .  .  .  I'niily(  \  iminr.    WmIcs. 

DORSEY    POOLE.  -  .  .  .  .  .  NLiihIicsi.t. 

CLARA    LI'ERA    rRI.M.M. SLKI  N( ;  IIi:Ll  •. 

FRITZ  L.    RESEVSKV.  .  .  .  LIHAX.    RISSI.V. 

JAMES  CALVIX  RICHARDSON.   15.   D.  -  -  Riiclicsh-r.   N.   \. 

Cradua'ten    froiji   ShnrtU'fi'   'riicolD.iiicMl    Dei):irtni("ni    in    IS'iY.      SnuliMii    m 
Rochester  Theolosifal  Soniinaiy. 

MARIA   ROBIXSOX.  (mi  r. lit, ,11 

IDELLA  VIOLA  RrTIIERFORD.  .  -  ...  M.iii.ssa. 

JEAN  HUGO  SKILES. Diiiil.ip.   T.un. 

JOHN  SPRIGGS.  - Luuisvill.'. 

ALY'CE    :\IAY    SWISHER.  -  .  -  .  .  rf'PEU    A  LION 

HAROLD   LILES  WAHL.  .  -  .  .  FPPER    ALTO.N 

M-\LCOLM    LEOXARD   WAUL.  IPPER    ALTON. 

LYDIA  (;EXE^■IEVE  WEBSTER.  -  -  -  IT'PEK  A 1.  T*  >\. 

BERTRA:M      WELCH.  .  .  -  .  MT.    \KKN(».\.    i.\D. 

EDW.JlRD   M.   WER'I'.  (:.ii.<.  ,-. 

1897-98. 

CHARLES    LOriS    BAP MS'I'ARK.  .....  DI'.LHl. 

ARTHI'R  CHARLES  DARROW.  OFALI.nN. 

MAUDE  ETHEL    D.MtUOW.  ...  (il'.M.i.nN 

CHARLES  PRICE  CLARK. PI.\S.' 

LEILA   -MAY  CLARK. -         PL\S.\ 

BERTHA  MAY  CRANE.  .....  CIK.MJD 

GEORGE   CHESTER  CCTLER. CAKin.\(;E. 

349 


CHARLES  P.  EISENMENGER. 
JOHN    JTTLUTHEN     ELDRED. 
WILLIAM  SAMUEL  ELDRED. 
I'p]iR(^Y  OLIVER  ENSLOW. 
EMMA  OLIVE  FORD. 
LAURA  BELLE  GUTHRIE. 
GEORGE   EDWARD    HEAL. 
CHARLES  EDWARD  HENRY. 
HOWARD  FIDELIO  JONES. 
MAY  TIE   M.    KESINGER. 
OLIVE  ORILLA  LEWIS. 
FRANK  F.   LOVELESS. 
ZULA  VIOLA  PARKPJR. 
CLYDE     B.     REA. 
EVA   J    RUYLE. 

OLIVER  AVENDELL   SANDERS. 
WALTER  KAY  SMART. 
LOUIS    DANA    SPENCER. 
JULIA  BERTHA  THACKER. 
HARRY  JAMES  TIETSORT. 
LOGAN  DOUGLAS  TRENT. 
FLORENCE  ADA  WELLS. 
MINNIE  ALICE  WELLS. 
(iEORGE  W.  WHITE. 
ARTHUR  LEE  WOOD. 
MARIE  ELIZABETH  WOOD. 
BARNETT  D.  S.  WYLLIE. 
CLIVE    YEAGER. 


WARREN  VILLE. 

THOMASVILLE. 

THOMASVILLE. 

GIRARD. 

GREENFIELD. 

RAYMOND. 

WOODBURN. 

MARISSA. 

SAN   DIEGO.   CAL. 

CARLIN  VILLE. 

CARTHAGE. 

CARLINVILLL. 

ELDORADO  SPRINGS.  MO. 

UPPER     ALTON. 

HAMILTON,    NEB. 

STONINGTON, 

PAYSON. 

OCEOLa. 

(HRARD. 

GIRARD, 

CORDOVA. 

MARISSA. 

WAVERLY. 

LOV ELAND,    COLO. 

PISGAH. 

PISGAH. 

MARISSA. 

NEW:\IAN. 


SUMMARY. 

Located,              ---..-..  §44 

No  Trace,                ---.-...  224 

Known  to  be  Dead,            .---...  205 

Total,      -----  1,273 

Number  of  life  sketches,  three  lines  or  over,      -          -          -  302 

.SPECIAL.. — For  the  sake  of  variety  in  perusing  tills  long  and  monotonous  Roster^  pages  22q,  2jo  and 
23 1  VI ay  be  read  in  renter se  order. 

350 


1.  Maj.  Joseph  S.  Smith. 

2.  Maj.  Henry  L.  Field. 

3.  Capt.  Edmund  D.  Keirsey. 

*Deceased. 


A    GROUP    OF    OUR    SOLDIERS. 

4.  *Capt.  Henry  S.  Spauiding. 

5.  Gen.  John  M.   Palmer. 

6.  *Capt.  William  W.  Leverett. 


-.  Ass't-Surg.  James  Miner. 
M.  Col.  Andrew  F.  Rodgers. 
9.  Oliver  J.  Flick. 


())ur  §olMcc  iOou^ri. 


A  List  of  Alpha    Zetans   Who    Have   Served    Their   Country 
and  the  Union  on  the  Field  of  Battle. 

■^"Deceased 

fService  not  learned. 

In  cases  where  the  service  is  known,  it  is    in    th.-   inf..ntry   .nd    the  ('iv.l    War    unless 
something  else  is  distinctly  specified. 

The  yenrs   ;.fter  the    n  mies   denote    lime   ot  j.^inin^  the  Society,  and  refer  to  General 

Rosier. 

-i^JOHN   FREEMAN,  '43,  Indian  fi.LilittT  undtT  (Icn.  John  C.  Fremont. 
*W.  G.  TAYLOR,  '43,  served  in  Mexican  War. 
ASS'T  SURG.  ISAAC   E.   HARDY,  '44.  Volunteer   in  Mexican  War;  A.  A. 

Surgeon  in  Ci\il  War. 
COL    ANDREW  F.  HOUGERS,  '44,  Co.    H,    id    111.    inl..    Mexican    War; 
Capt.  Co.  B,  SOtii  111.,   Civil   War;    Lieut. -O-l.  Co.  B,  SOtii    ill.. 
Civil  War;   Colonel  Co.  B,  SUtli  111.,  Civil  War. 

*tCAPT.  JOHN  TRIBLE,  '44,  served  in  Civil  War. 
*CAPT    HENRY  S.  SPAULDlN(i,    '45,  Orderly  Sergeant.  Co.  B.  24th  New 
Jersey;  Second  l,ieut.  Co.  1.  24th  New  Jersey;  Capt.  Co.  B.  3Stli 
New  Jersey. 
CAPT.  HDMUND  1).  KEIRSEY,  '46,  First  Lieut.  C.  K,   Sdth    111.;   Capt. 
Co.  K,  8()tli  111, 

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MaJ.  JOSEPH  S.  SMITH,  '46,   Major  in  10th  III.  Cavalry. 

tHlRAM  D.  WOOD,  '46,  served  in  Mexican  War. 

tCAPT.  FRANCIS  W.  FOX,  '47,  served  in  Civil  War. 

*tGEORGE  1.  FOSTER,  '49,  served  in  Mexican  War. 

*tJOHN   E.   MOORE,  '49,  served  in  Civil  War. 

*tROBERT  N.  RATTAN,    '49,    served   in   Civil   War;    died  of  starvation  in 
Libby  Prison. 

CAPT.  GEORGE  W.    S.    BELL,  '50,    First   Lieut.    Co.    F,    12th  Kansas; 
Capt.  Co.  F,  12th  Kansas. 

tCAPT.  Calvin  a.  pease,  '50,  served  in  Civil  War. 

*tGEORGE  A.   PEASE,  '50,  served  in  Civil  War. 

*HENRY  C.  spears,  '50,  114th  111.  Vols. 

*JAMES  W.  BELL,  '51,  Co.  F,  114th  111.    (died  in  army). 

MAJOR  HENRY  L.  FIELD,  '51,    Capt.    124th   III.   Vols.;    Major  124th   111. 
Vols. 

ASS'T  SURG.  JAMES  MINER,  '51,  Ass't  Surgeon,  101st  ill.  Vols. 
tJOHN  H.  MlZE,  '52,  served  in  Mexican  War. 
*J0HN   p.  LAWTON,  '53,  33d  111.  Vols. 

^WILLIAM  W.  LEVERETT,  '53,    Co.   C,    124th    III.;    Private  Secretary  to 
Brig. -Gen.  Brayman ;  Captain  of  a  colored  company. 

THOMAS  M.  LONG,  '53,  Employed  in  Commissary  Department. 

*ASS'T  SURG.  EBENEZER  RODGERS,  JR.,  '53,  Ass't  Surgeon,  SOtli  111. 

^=CAPT.  GEORGE  HUNTER,  '54,  Co.  K,  7th  111.  Vols.;    Capt.   Co.   K,   7th 
ill.  Vols. 

*+MOSES  M.  RANDOLPH,  '54,  served  in  Civil  War. 

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Col.  JOHN  P.  Baker.  '55,  BirM-ttrd  Major  tor  <:allanti>-  at  Pirasant 
Hill;  Bi\t.  lj(.'Ut.-Ciil.  \nY  nuTitmious  st.T\ic(.-s  (.iuriii^:  tin-  Ci\il 
War. 

*tJAMES  MONAGAN,  '55,  served  in  Ci\il  War  (died  in  army). 

*tROBERT  1..  WEBR,  '55,  served  in  Ci\il  War  (died  in  navy). 

*tWlLLIAM  W.  FOUTCH,  '56,  served  in  Civil  War  (died  in  army). 

*tJOSEPH  H.  ROBINSON,  '56,  served  in  Ci\  il  War  (died  in  army). 

LIEUT.  JOHN  W.  TERRY,  '56,  First  Lieut.  Co.  C,  124th  Illinois. 

*CYRUS  A.  BAILEY,  '57,  SM  Illinois  Volunteers. 

tJOHN  H.  WOODS,  '58,  served  in  Civil  War. 

*tTHORNTON   HUGHES,  '59,  served  in  Civil  War  (died  in  army). 

'^i-LEWIS  P.  KlNMAN,  '59,   ser\ed  in  Civil  War. 

OLIVER  J.  FLICK,  '60,  Frontiersman  and  Indian  Fighter. 

tRiOLLAY  F.  GRAY,  '60.  served  in  Ci\il  War. 

SERGT.  CHARLES  A.  HOBBS,  '60.  First  Serjeant  Co.  B,   OOtli  111.   \ols. 

*JOHN  M.  HOBBS,  '60,  .^.vl  Illinois  Volunteers  (died  in  army). 

'i'tJOHN  M.  KING,  '60,  served  in  Civil  War. 

tJOHN  E.  VERTREES,  '60,  served  in  Ci\il  War  (100-da\-  \ol^.) 

*tLlEUT.  PETER  (i.  WEYHRICK,  '60,  served  in  Ci\il  War. 

tHENRY  H.  BEACH,  '61,  served  in  Ci\il  War  (lOO-day  Vols.) 

*tHARL(J\V  M.  STREET,  '61,  serwil  in  Ci\il  War  (died  in  arm\). 

AIULIA  C.  McHLVAIN,  '62,  Co.  h,  l.^VI  111.  \'o|s. 

CALOWAY  NASH,  '6.^,  ISM  111.  \ols. 

*EDWARD  (i.  BRAMBLE,  '65.  Co.  I,  6,Slli  ill.;    Co.  H,   17tli   111. 

FRANK  M.  COARU,  '65,  Co.   G.  lOlst  111. 

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William  H.   DORWARD,  '65,  29tli  Wisconsin. 
tLlEUT.  THOMAS  J.  KEITH,  '65,  served  in  Civil  War. 
tCHARLES  F.   MINER,  '65,  Served  in  Civil  War. 

SMILEY  N.  CHAMBERS,  '66,  115th  Ind.  Vols.;    also  in  artillery  service. 

tJOHN  F.  HOWARD,  '66,  served  in  Civil  War  (100-day  Vols.) 

tSERGT.  JOHN  E.  INGHAM,  '66,  served  in  Civil  War. 

SERGT.  EDWIN  B.  MILLER,  '66,  Corporal  Co.  H,  1st  Minn.  Vols.;  Ser- 
geant Co.  H,  1st  Minn.  Vols. 

WILLIAM  H.  HEARNE,  '68,  Co.  C.  6th  Ind.  Vols. 

PHILIP  S.  MOXOM.  '68,  Co.  C,  17th  111.  Cavalry. 

JAMES  T.  TOWEY,  '86,  Co.  H,  25th  Ind.  Vols. 

CHARLES  K.  SWAIN,  '90,  111.   Naval    Cadets    (1st   Battalion),  War  with 
Spain. 


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These  are  nearly  all  B:iptists,  and  have  ^one   out    im.lt-r  the   auspu.-s   ..I    the  various 
Baptist  organizations. 

The   yeais  after   the  names  denote    time    of   joiniuf;  the  Society,  and   refer   to   (leneral 
Roster. 

REV.  CYRUS  F.  TOLMAN,  I).  L).,  'SO;  tliiet-  years  in  Assam,  rliit-tly  at 
Novv^ong. 

REV.  JOHN  W.  TERRY.  A.  M.,  '56;  at  Madrid,  Spain,  undrr  appoint- 
ment of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union. 

REV.  DANIEL  H.  DRAKE,  A.  B.,  B.  D.,  '64;  lour  years  amonu  tlie  Telu- 
(jLis  at  Kurnool ;   ti\e  years  at  Madras. 

REV.  THOMAS  J.  KEITH,  D.  L).,  '65;  tour  years  at  Goalpara,  Assam. 
Made  a  grammar  and  dictionary  of  the  Ciaro  lan^uaye,  and  trans- 
lated the  four  Gospels  into  that  tongue. 

REV.  MOUN(i  THANBYAH,  '65;  a  native  Karen  who  came  to  America  and 
obtained  an  education,  then  relumed  to  work  among  hi>  people. 

*REV.  WILLIAM  H.  BRADT,  '71;    missionary  to  China.      Died  in  IS'b- 

REV.  WILLIAM  H.  BEEBY,  A.  M.,  B.  D..  7.^.  one  year  learning  TeUigu 
language,  and  preaching  at  Madras,  India;  four  vears  am  .ng  the 
Telugus  near  Secunderabad  and  at  Kazipet,  Deccan. 

MRS.    BERTHA    BULKLEY-ROACH,    A.   M..  '11  \     ten   years'   service  in 

Rangoon. 
REV.  JUSTUS  L.  BULKLEY,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  "76;   eight  years  in  Burma. 

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REV.  Samuel  a.  PERRINE,  77;  five  years  at  Molung  and  Impur,  Naga 
Hills,  Assam. 

PROF.  EDGAR  B.  ROACH,  A.  M.,  '79;  four  years  Supt-  Baptist  Mission 
Press,  Rangoon,  Burma;  seven  years  Professor  in  Rangoon  Baptist 
College. 

MRS.  GERTRUDE  P.  CLINTON-GILMORE,  Ph.  B.,  '85;  live  years  a 
teacher  in  Rangoon  Baptist  College;  seven  months  at  Tavoy, 
Burma. 


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AND 

RULES     OF     ORDER 

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JVlpInt    Sctn    Soctctn   of    ^Intrtlcfi    CoUcc^c 


PREAMBLE. 

We,  the  undersiijned,  bein^  desirous  of  enlariiin^  and  einieliiiiii  our 
fund  of  general  information,  strengthening  our  mutual  powers,  carefully 
cultivating  our  moral  and  social  natures,  and  gaining  correct  information 
as  to  the  manner  of  doing  business  in  deliberative  bodies — in  the  pursuit  of 
which  objects  we  desire  to  exhibit  a  due  consideration  for  the  opinions  and 
feelings  of  others,  to  maintain  a  perfect  command  of  temper,  and  to  seek 
for  the  truth  in  all  our  exercises;  do  declare  ourselves  an  association  for 
mutual  improvement  in  elocution,  composition,  debate,  critici>m,  business, 
music,  and  adopt  for  our  government  the  following 

CONSTITUTION. 


ARTICLE    I  . 

NAME. 

The  name  of  this  association  shall  be  the  ALPHA  ZETA  SOCIETY  OF 
SHURTLEFF   COLLEGE. 

A  H  T  I  C  L  H     II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

SECTION  1.  The  members  of  this  Society  shall  be  of  four  classes — 
active,  associate,  constitutional  and  honorary. 

Sec.  2.  Any  student  of  Shurtleff  College  shall  be  eligible  to  election 
as  an  active  member  of  this  Society,  and  may  become  such  on  receiving  the 

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approval  of  tlie  Executive  Committee,  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present  at  any  regular  meeting,  signing  the  constitution  and  paying  the  fee 
of  initiation. 

Sec.  3.  Associate  members  shall  be  those  who  are  excused  by  vote 
of  the  Society  from  their  literary  duties  for  a  term  or  more ;  also  of  those 
honorably  dismissed  from  College  while  active  members.  Any  of  the  latter 
class  on  returning  to  College  may  become  active  by  paying  the  fee  for  the 
current  term. 

Sec.  4.  Any  active  or  resident  associate  member  failing  to  pay  his 
dues  to  the  Society  at  the  time  required,  shall  thereafter  be  considered  a 
constitutional  member,  and  as  such  shall  have  none  of  the  privileges  of  an 
active  member  except  to  rank  himself  with  the  Society  on  public  occasions 
and  to  be  present  at  its  literary  meetings.  He  may,  however,  be  restored 
to  active  membership  by  vote  of  the  Society  and  payment  of  a  fee  of  fifty 
cents. 

Sec.  5.  Honorary  members  of  this  Society  shall  consist  of  all  its 
Alumni,  the  Faculty  of  Shurtleff  College,  including  that  of  the  Theological 
Department,  and  such  other  literary  or  professional  gentlemen  or  ladies  os 
the  Society  may  elect  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 

Sec.  6.  Any  member  excepting  an  honorary  member,  on  joining  any 
other  literary  society  of  the  College,  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of  this 
Society. 

ARTICLE  111. 

OFFICERS. 

The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  consist  of  a  President,  Vice-President, 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Recording  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Librarian,  Critic, 
Editor-in-Chief,  Chaplain,  Sergeant-at-Arms,  Historian,  and  Poet- 
Laureate. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

DUTIES   OF   OFFICERS. 

SECTION   1.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President: 

1st.     To  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Society. 

2d.  To  announce  the  business  in  the  order  in  which  it  is  to  be 
acted  upon. 

3d.  To  receive  and  submit  in  proper  manner,  all  motions  and  propo- 
sitions presented  by  members,  and  to  announce  the  result. 

4th.  To  enforce  on  all  occasions  a  due  observance  of  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  Society. 

5th.     To  appoint  all  committees  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

6th.  To  see  at  the  beginning  of  his  term  that  there  is  a  full  Board  of 
Trustees. 

7tli.     To  make  the  regular  literary  appointments. 

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8th.  To  vnW  ill  all  cases  of  balloliiiu,  hut  in  no  othi-r  t-wi-pt  a  tii-, 
when  he  shall  ^iive  the  castinfi;  xote. 

9th.  To  authenticate  by  his  siiinatuir.  wlun  ni-ci-ssary,  all  the  acts, 
orders  and  proceedings  of  the  Society. 

lOtli.  To  inform  the  Society,  when  necessary-  or  when  referred  to  lor 
that  purpose,  on  any  point  of  order  or  practice. 

11th.  hi  general  to  represent  and  stand  for  the  Society  ckclarin^  its 
will  and  in  all  things  obeying  implicitl\-  its  commands. 

12th.  Before  leaving  his  chair  at  the  close  of  his  term  ol  oflice,  he 
shall  deli\er  a  valediciory  address,  not  e.xceeding  ten  minutes  in  length. 

SEC.  2.  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice-President  to  perform  the 
duties  of  President  in  the  absence  of  that  officer,  or  in  case  of  his  vacating 
the  chair  to  participate  in  the  proceedings. 

SEC.  .•?.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  (Chaplain  to  open  each  regular 
meeting  with  prayer. 

Sec.  4.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  correspond- 
ence. He  shall  take  the  chair  and  act  as  PresieUnt  in  the  absence  of  botii 
President  and  Vice-President. 

Sec.  5.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  a  faithful  record  of  all 
the  proceedings  of  each  meeting;  he  shall  also  be  responsible  tor  all  books, 
papers  and  writings  of  the  Society  committed  to  his  care,  and  shall  trans- 
fer the  same  to  his  successor  at  the  close  of  his  term  of  office;  he  shall  at 
all  times  keep  on  hand  an  alphabetical  list  of  the  active  members,  and  an- 
other of  the  honorary  members;  he  shall  furnish  weekly  to  the  drill  com- 
mittee a  list  of  those  on  the  program  for  the  following  week;  he  shall 
conduct  the  roll-call  and  immediately  report  all  delinquencies  to  the  President; 
he  shall  inform  in  writing  those  upon  whom  fines  have  been  imposed,  and 
report  the  same  to  the  President;  he  shall  notify  members  of  their  appoint- 
ment to  any  otf^ice  or  duty,  and  shall  issue  all  required  notices. 

Sec.  6.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  from  the  former  Treasurer  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  Society;  he  shall  also  collect  all  initiation  and 
term  fees  and  fines,  and  receive  all  donations  of  money;  he  shall  pa_\'  out 
money  as  ordered  by  the  Society,  on  receiving  a  writtc-n  order  then-ior 
signed  by  the  President  and  the  Recording  Secretary ;  shall  keep  an  accu- 
rate account  of  all  receipts  and  I'xpenditures,  and  at  the  close  of  his  term  (»t 
office  shall  make  a  written  repoit  of  the  same,  and  shall  turn  ox'erall  mone.vs 
or  other  pmpi-rtN'  of  the  Society  in  his  possession,  to  his  successor  in  office. 

Sec.  7.  I  he  Librarian  shall  be  elected  at  the  beginning  of  eacii  col- 
lege-year, and  shall  continue  in  office  through(»ut  the  year,  such  Librarian 
upon  election  becoming  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees;  he  shall  pro- 
vide and  keep  an  entire  classification  and  catalogue  of  all  the  books;  at 
each  regular  meeting  he  shall  open  the  library  and  issue  books,  which  shall 
not  be  retained  longer  than  two  weeks.  The  issue  of  each  book  shall  be 
carefully  registered.      For  all  books  lost  on  account    of   his    negligence,  he 

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shall  refund  to  the  Society  fifty  per  cent  of  the  appraised  value-  To  the 
Trustees  he  shall  make  a  quarterly  report  of  all  books  lost  and  received, 
and  of  the  general  condition  of  the  library.  At  the  close  of  his  term  of 
office  he  shall  make  a  written  report  of  the  condition  of  the  library  when  he 
took  charge  of  it,  the  number  of  books,  if  any,  received  during  his  term  of 
office,  and  the  whole  number  belonging  to  the  library  at  the  time  of  his 
report,  and  shall  turn  over  all  books,  papers  and  writings  belonging  in  his 
department,  to  his  successor  in  office. 

Sec.  8.  The  Critic  shall,  at  each  regular  meeting,  criticise  all  the  ex- 
ercises of  the  Society  which  in  his  judgment  are  subject  to  criticism. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Editor-in-Chief  to  examine  care- 
fully each  issue  of  the  ALPHA  ZETA  JOURNAL,  eliminating  everything  he 
deems  objectionable.  He  shall  also  bind  each  volume  and  keep  it  on  file  in  a 
presentable  shape;  shall  prevent  any  mutilation  of  the  JOURNALS,  and 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  papers  unless  he  can  report  upon  whom  the 
blame  rests- 

SEC.  10.  The  Historian  shall  preserve  the  records  of  the  Society,  and 
all  papers  relating  to  its  history  that  may  come  into  his  possession ;  he 
shall  provide  and  keep  a  list  of  all  the  members  of  the  Society,  together 
with  such  facts  regarding  them  as  he  may  consider  of  interest  or  import- 
ance to  the  Society. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Poet-Laureate  to  write  up,  in 
verse,  the  principal  events  in  the  Society's  life,  as  they  transpire. 

Sec.  12.  The  Sergeant-at-Arms  shall  preserve  order  in  the  hall  dur- 
ing the  meetings;   he  shall  also  act  as  doorkeeper  and  as  usher. 

ARTICLE  V. 
STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be  five  standing  committees  of  three  mem- 
bers each,  appointed  by  the  President,  for  each  official  term,  viz.: 
Executive  Committee,  a  Committee  on  Questions,  a  Drill  Committee,  a 
Committee  on  Music,  and  a  Printing  Committee.  Four  standing  com- 
mittees shall  be  chosen  by  the  Society  for  the  college-year,  viz.:  an 
Auditing  Committee,  a  Committee  on  Public  Exercises  (of  which  the  Cor- 
responding Secretary  shall  be  Chairman),  a  Lecture  Committee,  and  a 
Review  Committee. 

Sec.  2.  The  Committee  on  Public  Exercises  shall  have  general 
supervision  of  all  public  meetings  of  the  Society,  and  shall  procure  suitable 
places  for  holding  the  same.  For  each  of  these  meetings  they  shall  elect 
the  participants,  determine  the  number,  character  and  arrangement  of  the 
exercises — subject,  however,  to  the  will  of  the  Society — and  do  all  in  their 
power  to  promote  its  highest  good  and  development.  They  shall  report 
to  the  Society  their  plans  for  each  public  meeting,  at  least  eight  weeks 

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betore  tilt*  same  is  to  (>L\ur.  Wlu-ii  Contests  occur,  tin-  Coinniittta-  sli.ill 
have  tlie  same  power  as  in  public  meetings. 

SEC.  3,  The  Executi\e  Committee  shall  lia\e  charge  o|  tin-  Society 
Hall,  and  shall  see  that  the  same  (with  furniture  therein)  is  Uept  in  K'ood 
order.  They  shall  see  that  the  stage  is  put  up  and  other  necessary  ar- 
rangements made  for  public  meetings  and  lectures,  calling  on  otlier  mem- 
bers for  assistance  when  necessary.  They  shall  purchase,  by  order  of  the 
Society,  any  furniture  or  other  property  which  may  from  time  to  time  be 
needed.  They  shall  also  constitute  a  Membership  Committee  and  shall  pass 
upon  the  names  of  all  prospectixe  members,  and  no  name  shall  be  proposed 
to  the  Society  that  shall  not  meet  with  their  approval.  At  the  close  of  their 
term  of  oftlce,  they  shall  make  a  full  written  report  of  their  doings. 

SEC.  4.  The  Committee  on  Questions  shall  at  each  regular  literary 
meeting  present  at  least  three  questions  suitable  for  discussion  at  the  third 
regular  literary  meeting  thereafter. 

SEC.  5.  The  Auditing  Committee  shall  examine  and  \erify  all  reports 
of  the  Treasurer,  Corresponding  Secretary  and  librarian,  and  report  the 
result  before  going  out  of  office. 

SEC.  6.  The  Committee  on  Music  shall  see  that  suitable  music  is 
prepared  and  furnished  for  each  regular  literary  meeting. 

SEC.  7.  The  Drill  Committee  shall  see  that  all  on  the  program  are 
prepared  and  drilled. 

SEC  8.  The  Lecture  Committee  shall,  in  conference  with  a  similar 
committee  from  Sigma  Phi,  and  with  the  President  of  the  College,  arrange 
for  College  Lecture  Courses. 

SEC  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Keviez^'  Committee  to  write  the 
Society  notes  for  each  issue  of  the  College  paper. 

SEC  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Printing  Committee  to  arrange 
for  the  printing  of  the  programs  for  each  literary  meeting. 

AKTICLt   VI. 

JANITOR. 

The  Janitor  shall  be  hired  by  the  Executive  Coniniittcc  and  appro\ed 
by  the  Society  at  the  sec(»nd  regular  business  meeting  of  each  year.  Said 
Committee  shall  determine  his  compensation,  which  shall  not  exceed  (me 
dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  month.  In  case  of  failure  to  discharge  his  duties 
satisfactorily,  or  in  case  of  periiiannil  inability,  the  Committee  shall  refer 
the  matter  to  the  Society,   which  may  declare  the  office  vacant. 

APIICI.H   \'ll. 

FAILURE   OR    INABILITY. 

In  case  any  ofticer  or  committeeman  fails  to  discharge  his  duties  satis- 
factorily,   or    in    case    of    any    permanent    inability,    the    Trustees,    upon 

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complaint  of  not  less  than  three  members,    shall  refer  the  matter  to  the 
Society,  which  may  declare  the  office  vacant  and  proceed  to  a  new  election. 

ARTICLE    VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

No  alterations  or  amendments  of  the  Constitution  shall  be  made  with- 
out the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  active  members  present  at  a  regular 
meeting,  notice  of  the  proposed  alteration  or  amendment  having  been  given 
at  least  two  weeks  before  the  action  of  the  Society  thereupon. 


BY-LAWS. 


ARTICLE    1  . 
MEETINGS. 

Section  l.  The  meetings  of  this  Society  shall  be  weekly  and 
monthly. 

Sec.  2.  The  weekly  meetings  shall  be  held  every  Friday  evening 
during  the  college-year,  at  8  o'clock,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the 
Society.  The  monthly  meetings  shall  be  held  upon  the  first  Monday  even- 
ing of  each  month  during  the  college-year,  with  the  exception  of  the 
month  of  January,  when  it  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Monday  of  said 
month;  and  September,  when  it  shall  take  place  on  the  first  Monday  follow- 
ing the  opening  of  College. 

SEC.  3.  The  annual  meetings  shall  be  held  at  a  time  selected  by  the 
Committee  on  Public  Exercises  and  approved  by  the  Society. 

SEC.  4.  Nine  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business,  at 
any  meeting  of  the  Society. 

SEC.  5.  A  special  meeting  may  at  any  time  be  called  by  the  Presi- 
dent,  at  the  written  request  of  five  members. 

Sec.  6.  A  roll  of  the  active  members  shall  be  called  at  every  regular 
business  meeting  of  the  Society,  at  the  time  appointed  for  the  opening 
exercises. 

SEC.  7.  The  Society  shall  enter  into  no  literary  contests  with  any 
other  Society  of  Shurtleff  College. 

ARTICLE  11. 

CHARACTER   OF   THE   MEETINGS. 

SECTION  1.  The  literary  exercises  of  each  weekly  meeting  shall 
consist  of  declamations,  orations,  essays,  unwritten  speeches,  extemporan- 

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eons  speeches — imt  to  excei-J  liw  miiiutis  in  Ifiij^th,  subji-it  l<i  hi- ;l^si^lK■tl 
immediately  before  tlie  preeeJin>i  exi-ieise;  liihatc,  aiul  siuli  otlur  prifiuni- 
ances  as  the  Society  may  decide  upon. 

Sec.  2.  Declainieis,  essayists,  orators,  etc.,  sliail  be  appoiiiti-d  tlirte 
weeks  previous  to  their  appearand',  but  no  membi-r  shall  be  requinti  1o 
perform  any  of  these  duties  oftmi-r  than  onci-  in  two  weeks. 

ARTICLh  III. 
DEBATH. 

Section  l.  IIk'  question  for  debate'  siiall  be  cIiomu  three  wi-eks 
previous  to  its  discussion.  The  President  shall  appnint  disputants  wlm 
shall  choose  sides. 

Sec.  2.  No  exercise  shall  exceed  ei^ht  minutes  in  lenjith;  nnr  shall 
any  member  speak  more  than  once  on  debate,  but  tlu'  afllrmative  mav  ha\e 
three  minutes  in  which  to  review  arguments. 

ARTICLE     IV. 
FEES. 

Section  l.  To  become  an  active  member  (^f  tins  S(Kiet>,  an  uiuu- 
tion  fee  one  dollar  shall  be  required. 

SEC.  2.  A  term  fee  of  fifty  cents  sliall  be  required  from  eacli  active 
and  resident  associate  member,  within  two  weeks  after  the  openinji  of 
each  College  term,  provided  that  such  fee  shall  not  be  required  for  the  tirst 
term  of  any  member's  connection  with  the  Society. 

ARTICLH     V. 
ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  1.  An  election  of  officers  shall  take  place  at  the  tirst  regular 
business  meeting  of  each  college-year,  and  thereafter  on  the  tirst  Monday 
of  November,  second  Monday  of  January,  and  first  Monday  of  April. 

SEC.  2.  The  Corresponding  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Hditcr- in -Chief, 
Librarian,  Historian,  and  Poet-Laureate  shall  be  elected  at  the  lirst  regular 
business  meeting  of  each  college-year;  their  term  of  ni'Ucr  to  contiinn- om- 
year. 

SEC.  3.  A  special  election  may  be  held  at  an\'  regular  business  meet- 
ing, to  fill  a  vacant  office. 

SEC.  4.  All  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  except  the  Chaplain, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President. 

SEC.  5.  All  voting  on  the  admission  of  honorary  members  shall  be 
by  ballot. 

Sec.  6.  The  Auditing  Committee,  the  Committee  on  Public  Hxer- 
cises.  and  the  Lecture  [Committee  shall  be  elected  at  the  first  ri'gular 
business  meeting  of  the  college-year. 

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ARTICLE  VI. 

FINES. 

Section  l.  Any  mt-mber  who  fails  to  till  his  place  on  the  program, 
either  in  person  or  by  substitute,  without  a  reasonable  excuse,  shall  be 
fined  twenty-five  cents. 

Sec.  2.  Any  member  using  tobacco  or  refreshments  in  the  Society 
Hall,  leaning  his  head  against  the  wall,  or  in  any  way  soiling  or  defacing 
the  furniture,  or  otherwise  conducting  himself  in  a  manner  unbecoming  a 
gentleman  or  lady,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty 
cents. 

Sec.  3.  Any  active  member  not  present  at  the  roll-call  of  any  busi- 
ness meeting  without  a  reasonable  excuse  shall  be  fined  ten  cents.  If 
absent  from  the  entire  meeting,  this  fine  shall  be  increased  to  twenty-five 
cents. 

Sec.  4.  When  the  unpaid  tines  or  dues  of  any  member  shall  exceed 
fifty  cents,  he  shall  become  a  constitutional  member  until  such  fines  or 
dues  are  paid. 

Sec.  5.  All  fines  shall  be  imposed  by  the  President,  subject,  however, 
to  an  appeal  to  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Section  l.  Any  part  of  the  Constitution,  By-Laws  or  Rules  of  Order 
may  be  suspended  for  a  single  meeting  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers present  at  such  meeting. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  at  the 
last  weekly  meeting  of  the  college-year,  to  read  before  the  Society  a  con- 
densed report  of  its  operations  during  the  year,  number  of  public  meetings, 
public  lectures,  and  the  income  therefrom,  the  number  of  books  added  to  the 
library,  the  condition  of  the  Society  at  the  time  the  report  is  made,  and 
its  immediate  wants;  which  report  shall  be  filed  away  among  the  records 
of  the  Society. 

Sec.  3.  All  final  reports  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  (both  of  cor- 
respondence and  Society  public  exercises),  the  Recording  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  Librarian  and  the  Executive  and  Auditing  Committees,  shall  be 
written,  and  shall  be  filed  away  at  least  until  the  close  of  the  college-year, 
together  with  the  Society  correspondence. 

ARTICLE    Vlll. 

AUTHORITY. 

In  all  questions  of  parliamentary  usage  not  herein  specified,  "Robert's 
Rules  of  Order"  shall  be  our  standard  authority. 

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A  !<•  I  I  C  I.  h     IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Tliest^  By-Laws,  and  Kuk's  of  Order  tollowiiiu,  may  be  altt-ri'd  or 
amended  in  tlie  same  manner  as  the  Constitution.  (See  Constiliitinn, 
Art.  VI.) 


RULES     OF     ORDER. 


1.  After  the  meeting  has  been  called  to  order,  each  member  shall  tal<e 
a  seat,  which  he  shall  be  required  to  occupy  during  the  evening,  and  shall 
not  interrupt  the  proceedings  bv  reading,  con\'ersation,  or  otlurwisi',  with- 
out permission  of  the  President. 

2.  When  a  motion  lias  been  made  and  decided,  any  member,  e.xcept 
those  who  voted  with  the  minority,  may  move  the  reconsideration  thereof 
if  done  within  six  weeks  after  being  acted  upon. 

3.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  upon  the  same  subject, 
nor  longer  than  two  minutes. 

4.  When  a  motion  to  adjourn  is  carried,  no  member  shall  lea\e  his 
seat  until  the  President  shall  have  pronounced  the  Society  adjourned. 


ORDER     OF     BUSINESS. 

1.  Call  to  order. 

1.  Prayer. 

J.  Roll-call. 

4.  Heading  of  minutes  ol  last  Business  Meeting. 

5.  Reports  of  Officers. 

6.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

7.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

8.  Unfinished  Business. 

9.  New  Business. 

10.  Reception  of  Members. 

1 1 .  (jood  of  Society. 

12.  Adiournnieiit. 


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AN    ACT    TO    INCORPORATE    THE    ALPHA    ZETA    SOCIETY 
OF    SHURTLEFF    COLLEGE. 


(Private  Laws  of  Illinois;    Vol.  2,  1867,  w  363.) 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  General 
Assembly : 

SECTION  1.  That  Samuel  O.  Curtiss,  Henry  L.  Field,  Solomon 
Draper,  Frederick  Hill,  Linn  Bedell,  Thomas  J.  Keith  and  John  M.  Titter- 
ington,  and  their  successors,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  created  a  body 
politic  and  corporate,  to  be  styled  and  known  by  the  name  of  "THE 
TRUSTEES  OF  THE  ALPHA  ZETA  SOCIETY  OF  SHURTLFFF  COLLEGE;" 
and  by  that  style  and  name  to  remain  and  have  perpetual  succession. 
The  said  corporation  shall  remain  connected  with  Shurtleff  College,  in 
Upper  Alton,  and  county  of  Madison,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  college.  The  number  of  Trustees  shall 
not  exceed  nine,  exclusive  of  President  and  Corresponding  Secretary,  who 
shall,  ex-off"icio,  be  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Five  members  of 
the  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business.  For  the  present  the 
above  named  individuals  shall  constitute  the  Board.  Vacancies  may  at 
any  time  be  filled  by  the  Society  from  its  active  members.  All  elections  of 
Trustees  shall  be  by  ballot,  hi  case  any  Trustee  shall  be  elected  Presi- 
dent or  Corresponding  Secretary,  the  vacancy  or  vacancies  so  occasioned 
may  be  filled,  for  the  time,  by  other  members  of  the  Society  duly  elected 
for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  2.  The  object  of  this  corporation  shall  be  the  promotion  of  the 
interests  of  education  by  advancing  and  improving  the  members  of  said 
Alpha  Zeta  Society  in  original  composition,  extemporaneous  speaking,  de- 
bate, criticism,  parliamentary  business,  and  whatever  else  is  usually  contem- 
plated in  the  best   literary  societies — -thus   preparing  its  members  to  dis- 

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Charlie  lioiiorably  and  iisclully  llu-  \arinus  Jutii's  ol  lilr  wliii  li  may  iliAoKe 
upon  tlum. 

Sec.  3.  The  corpiiratL'  powers  lieiehy  best(»W(.'d  shall  he  sui.h  only 
as  are  essential  or  useful  in  the  attainment  of  the  objects  of  said  Society, 
and  such  as  are  usually  conferred  on  similar  corporate  bodies,  vi/. :  to  have 
perpetual  succession,  to  make  contracts,  to  sue  and  be  sued,  defend  and 
be  defended,  implead  and  be  impleaded,  in  courts  of  law  and  equity ;  to 
grant  and  receive,  by  its  corporate  name,  and  to  do  all  other  acts  as  nat- 
ural persons  may;  to  accept,  acquire,  purchase,  or  sell  propi-rty  or  mone\', 
belonging  to  said  Society,  as  the  Society  may  from  time  to  time  direct;  to 
have  a  common  seal,  and  to  alter  or  chan^ze  the  same;  and  to  make  such  by- 
laws for  its  rey;ulations  as  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  laws 
of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  State,  or  of  the  institution  with  which  this 
Society  is  connected. 

SEC.  4.  The  action  n\  the  said  Trustees  shall  at  all  times  be  sub- 
ject to  the  control  of  the  Society;  and  no  sales,  purchases  or  i-.\clianm.'S  of 
property,  in  its  behalf,  shall  occur  without  the  lonsmt  of  the  Society. 
The  Trustees  may  elect  their  own  chairman,  and  through  him  or  any  of 
tluir  number,  shall,  whenever  required,  report  their  froceedinys  to  the 
Society.  At  the  close  of  each  college  term,  tlu-y  shall,  throu}:h  their  chair- 
man or  some  other  member  designated  for  that  purpose,  present  to  the 
Society  a  full  written  report  of  all  their  proceedings  during  the  term. 

Sec.  5.  In  case  any  donation,  devise,  or  bequest  shall  be  made  to 
the  Society,  for  particular  purposes,  accordant  with  the  objects  of  the 
Society,  and  the  Trustees  shall  accept  the  same,  ever\-  such  d()nati(»n,  de- 
vise, or  bequest  shall  be  applied  in  conformity  with  tlu'  I'xpress  conditions 
of  the  donor  or  devisor. 

Approved  February  20,  1.S07. 


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